# Fractures at Johnson Thermal Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109618` · 10/18/2023 · CALDWELL, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Johnson Thermal Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 1711 Slipstream Way, CALDWELL, IDAHO, 83605
- **NAICS:** 423740
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing material from a pallet rack using a standup forklift when an upper shelf was knocked out of place causing a pallet of industrial fans to fall 12-15 feet. The employee was struck by the falling pallet. The employee sustained a laceration to the front-right of their head and fractures to three vertebrae.

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