# Fractures at Crush-It, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032735` · 3/27/2023 · FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Crush-It, Inc.
- **Location:** 6100 West Midway Road, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34981
- **NAICS:** 212319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an elevated platform changing crusher screens. As he was standing in the middle of the guardrail, the screen pulled him over the side, causing the employee to fall 6-8 feet. He struck part of the crusher and the ground, resulting in two rib fractures.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*