# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at United Weavers of America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021054422` · 5/20/2021 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United Weavers of America, Inc.
- **Location:** 3562 Dug Gap Road, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30720
- **NAICS:** 423220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving carpet rolls from a shelf located about nine feet above the ground while standing on a platform that was raised on the forks of a forklift in order to reach the shelf. Two of the platform brackets broke off causing the platform to tilt to one side. The employee lost balance and fell onto the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured left leg and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.

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