# Fractures at THE KNAPHEIDE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2019055403` · 5/29/2019 · QUINCY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** THE KNAPHEIDE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
- **Location:** 436 S. 6TH STREET, QUINCY, ILLINOIS, 62305
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 29, 2019, a forklift was picking up a wooden pallet with parts on it off of a flat bed trailer. The pallet broke and the parts fell off the skid and bounced off the trailer, striking an employee that was walking by on the left knee. The employee was hospitalized for a knee fracture and lacerations.

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