# Fractures at Rheocast Company, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181010633` · 10/15/2018 · GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Rheocast Company, Inc
- **Location:** N114W19250 Clinton Dr, GERMANTOWN, WISCONSIN, 53022
- **NAICS:** 331523
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a die to be lifted with a forklift while a second employee was positioning the forklift to pick up the die. The second employee crushed the first employee between a rack and the forklift while moving it into position. The first employee suffered multiple rib fractures on both sides.

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