# Fractures at Honda of America Manufacturing Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054326` · 5/3/2018 · EAST LIBERTY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Curbs
## Employer
- **Name:** Honda of America Manufacturing Inc.
- **Location:** 11000 state Route 347, EAST LIBERTY, OHIO, 43319
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 3, 2018, after picking up product with a tow-motor, an employee turned the tow-motor to the right and hit a large yellow metal curb. The employee was thrown to the concrete working surface, suffering multiple rib fractures and a possible collapsed lung.

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