# Fractures at Crown Lift Trucks
> OSHA SIR `2023065089` · 6/8/2023 · TIFTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Crown Lift Trucks
- **Location:** 48 Union Industrial Way, TIFTON, GEORGIA, 31793
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving product with a pallet jack when the load slipped off and caused the handle of the jack to rise. The handle impacted the employee's ribs, resulting in three left rib fractures.

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