# Fractures at Pennex Aluminum Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017021840` · 2/27/2017 · GREENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Pennex Aluminum Company LLC
- **Location:** 93 Werner Rd., GREENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16125
- **NAICS:** 331314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift, carrying an aluminum billet. Another employee was acting as a spotter for the forklift driver. The forklift operator placed the aluminum billet onto the storage rack and began moving away from the area. As the forklift operator was moving back from the area, the forks of the forklift caught another aluminum billet. The aluminum billet rolled off the storage rack and struck the employee who was acting as a spotter. The employee suffered a broken tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized for surgery on the broken leg.

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