# Fractures at Northwest Tire, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021217` · 2/6/2018 · MAPLETON, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Northwest Tire, Inc.
- **Location:** 201 Fourth Avenue SE, MAPLETON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58059
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading tires on a picker that was approximately 15 feet high when he fell off the picker, fracturing his legs.

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