# Fractures at Colonial Metal Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054527` · 5/23/2024 · WEST MIDDLESEX, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine front attachments
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Colonial Metal Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 2350 Quality Lane, WEST MIDDLESEX, PENNSYLVANIA, 16159
- **NAICS:** 333517
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had unloaded a skid from a semi-truck trailer and put the skid on the ground. The employee went to move the forks on the forklift to a wider position. He was pulling the left fork outward to move it further out on the mast when the fork came off the mast. The fork fell and fractured his right foot.

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