# Fractures at Champion Carrier
> OSHA SIR `2023043614` · 4/22/2023 · HERMITAGE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** Champion Carrier
- **Location:** 2755 Kirilla Road, HERMITAGE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16148
- **NAICS:** 336120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift with a tow strap looped around his shoulder. The tow strap was caught by the tire of the moving fork truck, and the employee fell out of the fork truck to the concrete ground. The employee sustained a broken femur.

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