# Fractures at Ditsch USA, llc
> OSHA SIR `20231211275` · 12/11/2023 · SPRINGDALE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ditsch USA, llc
- **Location:** 311 Northlan Blvd, SPRINGDALE, OHIO, 45246
- **NAICS:** 311811
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 11, 2023, an employee was using a forklift to move pallets. He got off the forklift to straighten the pallets. The forklift mast struck him from behind and pinned him against the stack of pallets. The employee sustained fractures to their right arm, a leg, and an ankle. He was hospitalized.

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