# Fractures at Poly-America, LP
> OSHA SIR `2018021382` · 2/9/2018 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Poly-America, LP
- **Location:** 2000 W. Marshall Dr., GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75051
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting a pallet of plastic with a forklift when a roll of plastic fell off. The employee stopped the forklift and was trying to stop the plastic from rolling away when his left leg was pinned between the roll of plastic and a metal post resulting in a fractured leg.

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