# Fractures at LKQ Route 16 Used Auto Parts, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015108185` · 10/31/2015 · CUMBERLAND, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** LKQ Route 16 Used Auto Parts, Inc
- **Location:** 290 Curran Road, CUMBERLAND, RHODE ISLAND, 02864
- **NAICS:** 423140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was helping a nearby forklift operator move a pallet of copper wire to a staging area. The employee was standing directly next to the load as it was being lifted. Once the operator attempted to move the forklift, the top unit of copper wire slid off the bottom unit, striking the employee in his left leg. The employee sustained two broken bones in the left leg requiring surgery.

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