# Fractures at Core Plastech International
> OSHA SIR `2023032068` · 3/6/2023 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Core Plastech International
- **Location:** 3460 Hollywood Avenue, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71109
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to move metal rod bundles that were 31 feet in length and weighed 980 pounds. The forklift tipped over and caught the employee between it and the ground. The employee sustained a right leg fracture.

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