# Fractures at Western Express, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065015` · 6/7/2023 · WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Express, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Hausel Dr., WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19801
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing outside of his truck waiting for a load when a forklift dropped a pallet of plywood onto the employee, resulting in fractures to their lower body.

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