# Fractures at Southern States Material Handling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020011010` · 1/30/2020 · MACON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern States Material Handling, Inc.
- **Location:** 269 North Street, MACON, GEORGIA, 31206
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a forklift when the forklift carriage fell from the guide and hit (fell on) the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration, fractured left femur, and vertebrae fractures.

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