# Fractures at Hannaford Brothers, Co. Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2016032487` · 3/23/2016 · SCHODACK LANDING, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **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:** Hannaford Brothers, Co. Distribution Center
- **Location:** 970 Route 9, SCHODACK LANDING, NEW YORK, 12156
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet jack when another forklift operator hit the forks of a third lift, which was holding a stack of empty pallets. A plastic pallet came loose, fell, and struck the employee in the face, fracturing his nose and causing a possible concussion.

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