# Fractures at US Farathane, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016043026` · 4/11/2016 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, 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:** Machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** US Farathane, LLC
- **Location:** 820 W. Howard Lane, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78753
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was directing a forklift that was moving a transformer and its stand. After the forklift lifted the transformer and stand, the transformer began to shift and fall, causing the stand to fall on its side. The stand bounced and one of its metal legs hit the employee, cracking two of the employee's ribs.

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