# Fractures at Olympic Steel, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `20231110421` · 11/12/2023 · CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Olympic Steel, Incorporated
- **Location:** 1599 Nitterhouse Drive, CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17201
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving an unloaded forklift outside a building. During a left turn, the forklift drove off the paved area onto an unpaved surface, became unstable, and tipped over. The employee was pinned under the forklift and suffered two broken leg bones and a broken hip.

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