# Fractures at Empire Candle Co. LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019033077` · 3/25/2019 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Candle Co. LLC
- **Location:** 204 Donovan Rd, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66115
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a stand-up counterbalance forklift when his leg was caught between the forklift and a building column. He suffered crushing injury and a broken bone in the lower leg.

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