# Fractures at Menards
> OSHA SIR `2023032759` · 3/28/2023 · LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Wooden beams
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Menards
- **Location:** 8900 Andermatt Dr., LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68526
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading railroad ties for a customer. The employee cut the steel banding on the ties when the ties slid off the forklift and struck his right ankle, resulting in a possible fracture.

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