# Fractures at Morgan Engineering Systems Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098438` · 9/13/2023 · ALLIANCE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Morgan Engineering Systems Inc.
- **Location:** 1049 South Mahoning Avenue, ALLIANCE, OHIO, 44601
- **NAICS:** 333923
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were using a pendulum sledge to set a gear on a drum that was suspended by straps from a forklift. The straps shifted, causing the drum to fall onto an employee's leg and fracture their femur.

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