# Fractures at Biery Cheese Company
> OSHA SIR `2018065551` · 6/6/2018 · LOUISVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Biery Cheese Company
- **Location:** 6544 Paris Avenue, NE, LOUISVILLE, OHIO, 44641
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a ride-on pallet jack, turned a corner and struck a stack of pallets. The injured worker was operating a powered industrial vehicle on the opposite side and was struck. The injured employee sustained a fractured hip.

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