# Fractures at Heyco Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20190910119` · 9/26/2019 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Heyco Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 1069 Stinson Drive, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19605
- **NAICS:** 331421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a piece of equipment using a forklift and sling. The equipment spun and struck the employee on the left hip, breaking the employee's pelvis.

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