# Fractures at V and H Material Handling
> OSHA SIR `2024043485` · 4/22/2024 · HORSEHEADS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine parts  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Order picking and packing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** V and H Material Handling
- **Location:** Cemecon Inc, HORSEHEADS, NEW YORK, 14845
- **NAICS:** 532490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was dismantling an automated storage unit. A piece of the unit fell on an employee's head, causing a laceration and a skull fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

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