# Fractures at RICHARDSON WELDING & FABRICATION LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024031947` · 3/3/2024 · BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **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:** RICHARDSON WELDING & FABRICATION LLC
- **Location:** 9022 Harrison St, BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72501
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Four employees were moving a steel panel out of a doorway on a forklift. The panel hit a bollard, spun, fell from the forklift, and pinned an employee's foot against the forklift's headache rack. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the left ankle.

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