# Fractures at FLANDERS
> OSHA SIR `2023075950` · 7/5/2023 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Floor irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** FLANDERS
- **Location:** 2701 South Combee Road, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33803
- **NAICS:** 335312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a 200-pound metal cart when the cart struck a crack in the ground and tipped over onto the employee's right leg. They sustained tibia and fibula fractures that required hospitalization.

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