# Fractures at The Martin-Brower Co, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023021190` · 2/7/2023 · FAIRFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** The Martin-Brower Co, LLC
- **Location:** 4260 Port Union Rd., Ste. 300, FAIRFIELD, OHIO, 45011
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a standing electric pallet jack out of a truck trailer. A wheel on the pallet jack had gone flat, and it became stuck on the dock plate. The employee fell off the pallet jack onto the dock plate, suffering a broken left femur.

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