# Fractures at Gamma North Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019021366` · 2/6/2019 · ALDEN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Gamma North Corporation
- **Location:** 13595 Broadway, ALDEN, NEW YORK, 14004
- **NAICS:** 327215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was part of a team unloading material from a truck. The employee was waiting for the forklift to pick up the next crate when the crates fell over due to a gust of wind. The fallen crates (weighing approximately 1,500 pounds) pinned the employee's leg to the truck bed. He was hospitalized with a broken right leg and required surgery.

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