# Fractures at Rocky Mountain Empire Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098601` · 9/12/2016 · DENVER, COLORADO
## 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:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Rocky Mountain Empire Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 2800 N Wyandot Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80211
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was supervising as a forklift operator was unloading switchgear. While retracting the forks, the forklift operator backed into a lip on the ground, which caused the forks to lift up and the switchgear to tip over. The switchgear fell onto the employee's right leg, breaking two bones.

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