# Crushing injuries at MFA, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017087574` · 8/8/2017 · CARUTHERSVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Spreading machinery-agricultural
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** MFA, INC.
- **Location:** 2001 CR 337, CARUTHERSVILLE, MISSOURI, 63830
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were using a fork truck to move a fertilizer hopper when the hopper fell on one of the employees, resulting in a crushed pelvis and ribs.

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