# Fractures at Central Allied Enterprises, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010656` · 1/21/2020 · CANTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Allied Enterprises, Inc.
- **Location:** 2905 Columbus Rd NE, CANTON, OHIO, 44706
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were processing a pipe on site. A forklift driver lowered the pipe and, believing the forks had cleared the pipe, began to turn the forks to move the pipe. When the pipe started to move, it struck a nearby employee in the left leg. The injured employee suffered leg fractures, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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