# Fractures at The Tri-M Group, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023043491` · 4/19/2023 · SWARTHMORE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** The Tri-M Group, LLC
- **Location:** 500 College Ave, SWARTHMORE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19081
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking at a job site and stepped in to help other employees get a conduit bender down some stairs. The bender struck the employee in the back and pinned him to the stairs, resulting in five rib fractures.

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