# Fractures at CAPITOL CONCRETE PRODUCTS INC
> OSHA SIR `2023086977` · 8/2/2023 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** CAPITOL CONCRETE PRODUCTS INC
- **Location:** 627 NW TYLER, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66608
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a 400-pound concrete block mold situated on a forklift about 5 feet off the ground. The mold head fell and struck the employee's left thigh, lacerating it and breaking his left ankle. The employee was hospitalized.

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