# Fractures at KELLER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2019021776` · 2/16/2019 · TONAWANDA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** KELLER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- **Location:** 2320 MILITARY ROAD, TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, 14150
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a forklift operator stabilize a load in the top pallet. The employee steadied the load while the operator adjusted the forks. The top pallet slipped and struck the employee in the right leg, breaking the tibial plateau.

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