# Fractures at Northern Plains Electric Co-Op
> OSHA SIR `2023076681` · 7/25/2023 · CARRINGTON, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Northern Plains Electric Co-Op
- **Location:** 1515 Main Street, CARRINGTON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58421
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had removed the blade from a vibratory plow. The blade was on a sling that was attached to the forks of a telehandler. The employee was positioning the blade to lie down on a trailer when the sling slipped off the forks and pushed the employee off the trailer. The blade then landed on the employee's right foot and fractured it.

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