# Fractures at Asher's Chocolates/Lewistown, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096393` · 9/2/2015 · SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Asher's Chocolates/Lewistown, Inc.
- **Location:** 80 Wambold Road, SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18964
- **NAICS:** 311330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift to move equipment, which became unstable and started tipping. The employee dismounted the forklift to steady the equipment, which struck the employee, resulting in a broken tibia and contusions to other parts of the body.

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