# Fractures at International Paper Company
> OSHA SIR `2022087672` · 8/29/2022 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** International Paper Company
- **Location:** 6706 N 53rd St., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33610
- **NAICS:** 424110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were installing a 1,000-pound transformer when it fell approximately 6 feet from a mounting stand that was lifted by a forklift. It struck an employee and a machine on the way down, coming to rest with its top on the machine and its bottom on the floor. The employee suffered a broken right arm, a broken tibia and fibula, and a head laceration.

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