# Fractures at The Home Depot
> OSHA SIR `2022054619` · 5/27/2022 · ORANGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Wallboard, drywall, sheetrock
## Employer
- **Name:** The Home Depot
- **Location:** 603 Strickland Dr., ORANGE, TEXAS, 77630
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spotting for a forklift carrying a load of drywall. The drywall shifted and slid off the forks of the forklift and struck the employee fracturing their left femur.

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