# Fractures at Full Steam Staffing
> OSHA SIR `2016031877` · 3/2/2016 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving
## Employer
- **Name:** Full Steam Staffing
- **Location:** WCDI, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18106
- **NAICS:** 541612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking orders from ground level when a pallet fell from a shelf above and struck his leg, breaking his right fibula.

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