# Fractures at East Coast Valve Services, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20191010767` · 10/15/2019 · MONTGOMERY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** East Coast Valve Services, Inc
- **Location:** 50 Patriot Lane, MONTGOMERY, PENNSYLVANIA, 17752
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went to remove an actuator from a valve. The actuator was still energized and sprung up, hitting the employee in the ribs. The employee was hospitalized with five broken ribs.

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