# Fractures at Boulter Exterior
> OSHA SIR `2024032757` · 3/28/2024 · WEBSTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Boulter Exterior
- **Location:** 655 Basket Road, WEBSTER, NEW YORK, 14580
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with moving a chip conveyor using a forklift. The forklift was backing away from a trailer when the conveyor shifted and fell off the forks striking the employee's shoulder and upper body, and landing on their lower right leg. The employee sustained a fractured lower leg and was hospitalized.

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