# Fractures at Uline, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161212028` · 12/28/2016 · PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Uline, Inc.
- **Location:** 12575 Uline Drive, PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN, 53158
- **NAICS:** 423420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a shipping container using a hand truck. The hand truck fell with the load on it and struck/crushed the employee's foot causing a fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.

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