# Fractures at Morton Builiding Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015020777` · 2/25/2015 · WINFIELD, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trusses, girders, beams-structurally attached, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Morton Builiding Inc
- **Location:** 7748 7th Ave, WINFIELD, KANSAS, 67156
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was carrying a building truss with a forklift and placed a truss into a stored area. The employee reversed the forklift and walked up to the stored truss. The truss fell on the employee, causing facial injuries and fractured ribs.

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