# Fractures at E. C. Barton & Company
> OSHA SIR `2023087569` · 8/18/2023 · HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Building materials-solid elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** E. C. Barton & Company
- **Location:** 4247 Union Deposit RD, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17111
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unpacking a pallet of laminate countertops. When he cut the band around the pallet, the load shifted and fell onto his foot, resulting in a fracture.

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