# Fractures at Niagara Industrial Mechanical
> OSHA SIR `20161010127` · 10/27/2016 · TONAWANDA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Niagara Industrial Mechanical
- **Location:** 2175 Military Road, TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, 14150
- **NAICS:** 333414
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hospitalized with rib fractures and facial lacerations when a freeze dryer door fell onto the employee.

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