# Fractures at REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032426` · 3/6/2019 · LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LLC
- **Location:** 210 DISTRIBUTION DRIVE, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, 70507
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was about 6 feet up on an order picker, trying to reach a case. The employee fell from the machine to the rack below, suffering broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

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