# Fractures at Freeman Decorating Company
> OSHA SIR `20221210714` · 12/9/2022 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Freeman Decorating Company
- **Location:** 900 Convention Center Boulevard, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70130
- **NAICS:** 561920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing near another driver that was operating a forklift with a crate on it. The wooden crate fell off the forklift and onto the injured employee's right foot, resulting in multiple foot fractures.

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