# Fractures at ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `2018065936` · 6/16/2018 · LUDLOW, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 58 Wyoming Street, LUDLOW, MASSACHUSETTS, 01056
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a salvageable part from a forklift that was being decommissioned and removed. The part was a 2"x3"x6' steel block. When he cut the part away from the forklift using a torch, it fell to the ground and struck his right foot on the metatarsal area (behind the steel toe cap), fracturing it.

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