# Fractures at Dietz & Watson
> OSHA SIR `2020099193` · 9/28/2020 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dietz & Watson
- **Location:** 5701 Tacony St, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19135
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the forks of a ride-on electric pallet jack which were raised approximately 9-12 inches from the floor to retrieve a box that was approximately six feet from ground level. The employee's knee gave out and the employee fell to the ground hitting the forks of the pallet jack in the process. The employee sustained a possible pelvic fracture.

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