# Fractures at Junior Food of West Florida
> OSHA SIR `2016087755` · 8/18/2016 · CRESTVIEW, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Junior Food of West Florida
- **Location:** 619 8th Ave., CRESTVIEW, FLORIDA, 32536
- **NAICS:** 445120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a co-worker to move a pallet that was in the way of the forklift. A cooler weighing approximately 3,000 lbs. that was on the forks of the forklift fell onto the employee's right hip and leg fracturing the hip. The employee was hospitalized.

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