# Fractures at Nyco Products
> OSHA SIR `20181212507` · 12/6/2018 · COUNTRYSIDE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Containers, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nyco Products
- **Location:** 5332 Dansher Road, COUNTRYSIDE, ILLINOIS, 60525
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a defective tank with a PIV walker. The tank rotated to the side and the handle of the PIV knocked him to the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to his right shoulder.

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