# Fractures at Burkes Mechanical, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024042933` · 4/3/2024 · REDWOOD, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Multiple engine and mechanical parts, whole engine
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Burkes Mechanical, Inc.
- **Location:** HWY 3 N, REDWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, 39156
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding a motor that was on a pallet lifted 3 feet by a forklift. The motor slid off the forklift and struck the employee, fracturing their pelvis.

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