# Fractures at Prairie Farms Dairy
> OSHA SIR `2024010296` · 1/11/2024 · HAMMOND, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Prairie Farms Dairy
- **Location:** 4001 U.S. Highway 190, HAMMOND, LOUISIANA, 70401
- **NAICS:** 112120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing near his forklift while in a charging area when a co-worker's forklift struck his forklift, causing the employee to become pinned between his forklift and the wall. The employee suffered a broken left kneecap.

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