# Fractures at The Sherwin-Williams Company
> OSHA SIR `2023098596` · 9/18/2023 · POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Rain
## Employer
- **Name:** The Sherwin-Williams Company
- **Location:** 52 South Hanover ST, POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19464
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A driver was unloading freight from the trailer while it was raining. As they brought freight onto the liftgate, the pallet jack began to slide on the wet surface and caused the driver to fall from the liftgate to the ground. They sustained a fractured right arm and a bruise to the right leg.

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