# Fractures at AWISCO NY Corp
> OSHA SIR `2019087854` · 8/1/2019 · BRONX, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Cases, cabinets, racks, shelves, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** AWISCO NY Corp
- **Location:** Bruckner BLvd - E. 156 St, BRONX, NEW YORK, 10461
- **NAICS:** 423840
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a steel cylinder cradle onto a forklift when the cradle slipped off the forks and hit the back of his head and other parts of his body. He suffered a fractured skull.

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