# Fractures at Republic Refrigeration Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2018054930` · 5/21/2018 · HENDERSON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Refrigeration Incorporated
- **Location:** 8001 East 88th Street, HENDERSON, COLORADO, 80640
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were relocating a VFD to its installation location using a rough terrain forklift. The load was not secured at the time and as the forklift changed gears from 2nd to 1st, the load swayed and fell off the forklift, striking the injured employee in the leg. The employee's leg broke above the knee.

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