# Fractures at Collins Aerospace
> OSHA SIR `2023053973` · 5/3/2023 · TROY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Striking and nailing handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Collins Aerospace
- **Location:** 101 Waco Street, TROY, OHIO, 45373
- **NAICS:** 334511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tripped over the airline of a burr gun and fell into a torque plate machining cell. The employee suffered lacerations to the head that required stitches and fractures to the right kneecap, multiple ribs, and the T12 vertebra. The employee also sustained facial bruising.

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