# Fractures at GSI Group LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017064957` · 6/1/2017 · FLORA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Sheet metal
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** GSI Group LLC
- **Location:** 1051 W North Avenue, FLORA, ILLINOIS, 62839
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing next to a banded pile of sheet metal that was sitting on the forks of a parked forklift. The shipping bands broke, allowing the sheet metal to slip off the forks and strike the employee's legs, breaking both ankles.

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