# Crushing injuries at METAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017054836` · 5/30/2017 · AULT, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** METAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
- **Location:** 330 SOUTH 3RD AVENUE, AULT, COLORADO, 80610
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to flip a large steel assembly with a coworker. The employee stood the assembly on its end and was attempting to adjust it when it became de-stabilized and fell onto the employee, crushing the employee's shoulder and chest.

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