# Fractures at Consolidated Design and Machine, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019044338` · 4/29/2019 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Consolidated Design and Machine, Inc.
- **Location:** 501 PADEN RD, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35903
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to operate a newly installed dock leveler. It was not operating properly. He thought it was a pin on the leveler that was causing the hold up. The maintenance pin for the leveler is located underneath it and can only be accessed from the underside of the leveler.  He went underneath the leveler to release the pin. When the pin was released, the leveler fell on top of him breaking his leg and ribs and fracturing his back.

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