# Fractures at Simona America Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018076681` · 7/3/2018 · ARCHBALD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Simona America Inc
- **Location:** 101 Power Boulevard, ARCHBALD, PENNSYLVANIA, 18403
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing between a sheet stacker and a conveyor. The employee hit the switch for the stacker to drop a sheet, which caused the suction head to retract. This resulted in the employee becoming pinned between the suction head and the conveyor chassis. The employee suffered fractured ribs and was hospitalized.

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