# Fractures at Howard Lumber & Hardware, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032482` · 3/17/2017 · STATESBORO, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
## Employer
- **Name:** Howard Lumber & Hardware, Inc.
- **Location:** 600 Gentilly Road, STATESBORO, GEORGIA, 30458
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 3/17/17, at 3:00 p.m., an employee was inside a box truck loading vertical wooden panels when the panels fell against him, breaking his left femur which required surgery and hospitalization.

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