# Fractures at Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025065217` · 6/2/2025 · PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by door, gate, window
- **Source:** Doors  rail mounted and garage
- **Secondary source:** Industrial building
## Employer
- **Name:** Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
- **Location:** B415, PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA, 93550
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was delivering equipment to a hangar and crossing the mechanical hangar door threshold when the door closed, catching him between the door and the door stop. The employee was hospitalized with four fractured ribs.

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