# Fractures at J. Poli Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032597` · 3/22/2024 · HOUSTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from and struck by moving vehicle
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle or mobile equipment failure
## Employer
- **Name:** J. Poli Inc.
- **Location:** Perryman Company North End of Building, HOUSTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15342
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a battery-powered scissor lift to load a trailer. The scissor lift shut off halfway up the ramp leading into the back of the trailer, drifted backward, and fell off the side of the ramp. The employee rolled with the scissor lift, jumped off, and was crushed. The employee suffered an open fracture to the left elbow and was hospitalized.

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