# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Winter Environmental Services, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024032699` · 3/26/2024 · PLANT CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Pipes, tubes  metal
- **Secondary source:** Structural barriers  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Winter Environmental Services, Inc
- **Location:** 660 East County Line Road, PLANT CITY, FLORIDA, 33565
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to remove the bollards around a fire hydrant when one of the metal pipes attached to a bollard popped loose, striking the employee's left foot and causing a laceration and fractures.

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