# Fractures at Hitachi Astemo Ohio Manufacturing Sunbury Plant
> OSHA SIR `2023032478` · 3/20/2023 · SUNBURY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hitachi Astemo Ohio Manufacturing Sunbury Plant
- **Location:** 707 West Cherry Street, SUNBURY, OHIO, 43074
- **NAICS:** 336330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to take plexiglass off a forklift to put it in a dumpster when the plexiglass bent and pushed back on the employee, causing them to lose their balance and fall backward to the ground. The employee suffered a shin fracture that required hospitalization.

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