# Fractures at FC Solar LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016098992` · 9/22/2016 · GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
## 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:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FC Solar LLC
- **Location:** 7001 SW 24th Ave, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 32607
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee in an aerial lift was installing overhead solar panels on a new steel structure when he was crushed between the rail of the aerial lift basket and the steel I-beam he was working on. He suffered a crushed sternum and broken ribs, requiring hospitalization.

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