# Fractures at South Atlantic Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032648` · 3/25/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** South Atlantic Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 16530 Peninsula Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77015
- **NAICS:** 561910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was receiving a 1,500 pound plastic tote of potassium hydroxide from a forklift. The load slipped off the forks as it was being lowered and struck the injured employee's right ankle, fracturing it. They were hospitalized.

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