# Fractures at MH Equipment Co.
> OSHA SIR `20191010731` · 10/14/2019 · LA VISTA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MH Equipment Co.
- **Location:** 12112 Centenial, LA VISTA, NEBRASKA, 68128
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a customer's electric forklift, which had a dead battery. After power was connected to the battery, the forklift moved in reverse and crushed the employee's lower leg against another piece of machinery. The leg was broken.

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