# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Royal Building Products
> OSHA SIR `2022010651` · 1/21/2022 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Royal Building Products
- **Location:** 1550 Universal Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43207
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a powered industrial truck through a product storage aisle. The back of the truck struck a wooden pallet that was sticking out of a rack. The pallet was pushed into another pallet. This caused a board to break off from the pallet and enter the truck, striking the employee in the left side. The employee suffered broken ribs on the left side, as well as a hernia between ribs.

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