# Fractures at Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109651` · 10/19/2023 · NORCROSS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 2775 Simpson Circle, NORCROSS, GEORGIA, 30071
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 19, 2023, an employee was helping to remove a broken pallet from the forks of a forklift. A fork fell off the carriage and struck the employee's leg, resulting in a fractured leg that required surgery.

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