# Fractures at Crown Equipment Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016021848` · 2/29/2016 · DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Battery-vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Crown Equipment Corporation
- **Location:** Lennox Parts Plus, DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, 32114
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was conducting preventive maintenance on a sit down lift truck. As he was removing a side panel, the battery rolled out and struck his left knee cap fracturing it.

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