# Fractures at YANCEY BROS. CO.
> OSHA SIR `2020076141` · 7/1/2020 · SUWANEE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** YANCEY BROS. CO.
- **Location:** 3681 Burnette Road, SUWANEE, GEORGIA, 30024
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at a construction site, standing beside a vehicle track being carried by a forklift. The forklift lowered the track. As it hit the ground, the employee lost his balance and fell. A portion of the track slid off the forks and struck him as he tried to stand up. He suffered a broken back vertebra, a broken left eye socket, and a laceration to the back of the head.

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