# Fractures at Legacy Farmers Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2023032155` · 3/8/2023 · MOUNT BLANCHARD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-bucket, cup
## Employer
- **Name:** Legacy Farmers Cooperative
- **Location:** 318 North High Street, MOUNT BLANCHARD, OHIO, 45867
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making adjustments to a vertical bucket conveyor. They were standing at the inspection window, tracking the path of the belt. The belt walked to the side, causing buckets to strike a patch (a steel plate approximately 13 by 6 inches) that was riveted to the top of the conveyor leg housing. The impact ripped the patch from the rivets and the patch fell approximately 80 feet to the ground, striking the employee's head. They sustained a skull fracture.

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