# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Midstate Machine
> OSHA SIR `2024099024` · 9/26/2024 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine platforms, surfaces
- **Secondary source:** Stationary drills, milling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Midstate Machine
- **Location:** 189 Container Place, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45246
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a step of a horizontal boring mill, using an air nozzle to blow metal chips into a hopper when he tripped and fell into the machine. A spindle inside the milling machine grabbed his shirt and pulled him around, causing broken ribs and lacerations to the head and face that required hospitalization.

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