# Fractures at L & W Supply Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015052755` · 5/11/2015 · JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple leg locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** L & W Supply Corporation
- **Location:** 4961 River Road, JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA, 70121
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were adjusting forks on a forklift before lifting a load of building materials at a distribution warehouse. While attempting to spread the forks apart, one of the forks fell off of the tracks. Because the fork was no longer seated in the tracks, it fell to the ground, striking one of the employees. The employee sustained a broken leg (fibula) approximately 2 to 3 inches above his right ankle and five broken toes on his left foot.

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