# Fractures at American Packaging Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021109146` · 10/23/2021 · CHURCHVILLE, NEW YORK
## 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:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** American Packaging Corporation
- **Location:** 100 APC Drive, CHURCHVILLE, NEW YORK, 14428
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a warehouse, picking up a horizontal roll of paper (weighing 2,000-3,000 pounds) using a forklift. The roll fell from the forklift's clamp and began moving toward a wall. The employee dismounted the forklift and was struck by the roll on the front of the left leg. The leg was broken below the knee and above the ankle.

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