# Fractures at Allied Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017109584` · 10/5/2017 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Allied Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 1201 South Roman Street, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70125
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift truck when he extended himself out of the right side of the forklift cab and inadvertently activated the boom-down lever. The boom came down and struck him, fracturing three ribs and his rib cage.

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