# Fractures at Selectrode Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024053844` · 5/2/2024 · ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bags, sacks
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Selectrode Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 Commerce Way, ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA, 15001
- **NAICS:** 333992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 2, 2024, at approximately 6:46 AM, a 3,000-pound tote was suspended from the forks of a powered industrial truck filling a 55-gallon drum when it slid on the forks and pinned the injured employee against a dumpster. They sustained two broken vertebrae and were hospitalized.

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