# Fractures at IKEA
> OSHA SIR `2016031987` · 3/6/2016 · MERRIAM, KANSAS
## 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:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** IKEA
- **Location:** 6000 Ikea Way,, MERRIAM, KANSAS, 66202
- **NAICS:** 423210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift driver was re-positioning a pallet when the pallet fell off the forks, striking and breaking a nearby employee's right leg.

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