# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at MID-WEST FORGE CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2016042891` · 4/6/2016 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** MID-WEST FORGE CORPORATION
- **Location:** 17301 ST. CLAIR AVE., CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44110
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to unjam a 50-pound steel bar from a machine platform. As the bar became unjammed, it slid down through the opening, hit the platform, and struck the employee in the back, breaking three ribs and causing a puncture injury.

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