# Fractures at Qualtek Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2015086102` · 8/25/2015 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Qualtek Manufacturing
- **Location:** 4230 N Nevada Ave, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80907
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a metal stamping furnace and was struck by the metal furnace door, breaking ribs on both sides of the torso.

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