# Fractures at GE Vernova Operations LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024043272` · 4/15/2024 · BANGOR, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Exterior vehicle and machine parts  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** GE Vernova Operations LLC
- **Location:** 71 Florida Ave, BANGOR, MAINE, 04401
- **NAICS:** 333611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a dual flow steam diaphragm on a 500-pound lathe machine. A machine part came off the spindle, colliding with machine guarding doors and causing a door to come loose and fall outward from the machine. The door struck the employee, knocking them to the floor and pinning them from the waist down. The employee sustained a broken pelvis and was hospitalized.

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