# Fractures at Del Monte Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077589` · 7/25/2019 · MARKESAN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Del Monte Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 680 E. John St., MARKESAN, WISCONSIN, 53946
- **NAICS:** 311421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with an automatic can palletizer when he noticed cans had fallen off a pallet. While the employee was resetting the cans, he was struck in the right leg by the machine causing a fracture to the tibia and fibula.

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