# Fractures at Ice Builders, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111850` · 11/16/2018 · WATERVILLE, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Ice Builders, Inc.
- **Location:** Colby College, WATERVILLE, MAINE, 04901
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping move a fusion welding unit with a forklift and a sling. The unit was frozen to the ground; when it was suddenly freed it swung, hit a pole, and knocked the employee to the ground, lacerating his face and breaking both his ankles. He was hospitalized.

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