# Fractures at J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076356` · 7/8/2020 · POYNETTE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 East John Street, POYNETTE, WISCONSIN, 53955
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift was about to lower 800-pound steel decking, being carried on the forklift's forks. Instead the load titled forward and slid off the forks; it fell about 12 inches and hit an employee in the head and the ankle. The employee suffered fractures to the ankle, the tibia, and a back vertebra.

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