# Fractures at Dothan Awning Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201010265` · 10/29/2020 · DOTHAN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Dothan Awning Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 106 E. Franklin St., DOTHAN, ALABAMA, 36301
- **NAICS:** 238170
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Aluminum posts were being transported by a forklift when they fell off the forklift and struck an employee. The employee sustained a fracture to the lower leg.

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