# Fractures at Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021108529` · 10/2/2021 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 North Clark Drive, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79905
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee parked a forklift inside a trailer while unloading freight. The employee was adjusting deck bars loaded with freight when a deck bar and freight fell, knocking the employee into the forklift blades. The employee sustained a fractured jaw and lacerations on their mouth; the employee was hospitalized.

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