# Fractures at Western Area Power Administration
> OSHA SIR `2016021814` · 2/26/2016 · WEST FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
## 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:** Rails-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Area Power Administration
- **Location:** 2601 32nd Avenue West, WEST FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58078
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking next to a forklift. A railroad rail fell from the forklift and struck the employee's right leg resulting in a lower leg fracture.

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