# Fractures at Noble Biomaterials, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2023098288` · 9/8/2023 · SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Noble Biomaterials, Incorporated
- **Location:** 300 Palm Street, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18505
- **NAICS:** 313320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee used a forklift to lift an electric pallet jack so they could diagnose a problem with the pallet jack. The pallet jack fell off the forklift forks and struck the employee. He sustained fractures to the ribs and pelvis. He also fell, landing on a stack of pallets which fractured his left forearm.

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