# Fractures at Howmet Aerospace
> OSHA SIR `2024010400` · 1/16/2024 · NILES, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Panels, sheets, plates  metal
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Howmet Aerospace
- **Location:** 1000 Warren Road, NILES, OHIO, 44446
- **NAICS:** 336412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling material on a conveyor while a nearby co-worker was moving a load of steel plate with a forklift. The steel plate dropped from the forklift and struck the employee, resulting in a broken leg that required hospitalization.

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