# Fractures at Cooper Lighting, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019099570` · 9/13/2019 · ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper Lighting, LLC
- **Location:** 400 Busse Rd., ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
- **NAICS:** 335122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a standup forklift in reverse after placing a skid of material on the storage rack. The forklift struck a boom attachment that was stored in the area and the boom struck the employee's left leg causing a compound fracture to the lower leg.

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