# Fractures at Stoelting LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065515` · 6/16/2017 · KIEL, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(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:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Stoelting LLC
- **Location:** 502 Hwy 67, KIEL, WISCONSIN, 53042
- **NAICS:** 333241
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually guiding metal blanks (weighing 22 pounds each) from a conveyor to a skid supported by a power pallet jack when the skid broke. The metal blanks then slid off the skid and struck the employee's lower right leg, fracturing it.

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