# Fractures at Chris Electric, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2017032883` · 3/30/2017 · NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** Chris Electric, LTD
- **Location:** 62 Halsey Street, Suite B, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 02840
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing delivery of equipment from a truck using the power lift gate. The equipment became unbalanced and fell off the lift gate striking the employee and knocking him backwards. The employee sustained a fractured right knee and a tendon injury.

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