# Fractures at DHL Supply Chain
> OSHA SIR `2017021653` · 2/20/2017 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DHL Supply Chain
- **Location:** 3301 S Hoover, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67215
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was attempting to lift a rack of steel weld parts using a hoist when the parts shifted and fell on his left forearm, lacerating and fracturing it.

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