# Fractures at GM Powertrain Tonawanda Engine
> OSHA SIR `2016064982` · 6/6/2016 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Roadway collision-moving perpendicularly
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** GM Powertrain Tonawanda Engine
- **Location:** 2995 River Road, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14207
- **NAICS:** 33361
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a flat bed from the south and collided with a forklift truck travelling east in a 3-way stop intersection. The employee in the flat bed was going to make a left hand turn and did not see the forklift truck. Due to the sudden stop, the employee's leg contacted the steel in the cab resulting in a fractured leg.

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