# Fractures at Hermann Total Distribution Services
> OSHA SIR `2024054578` · 5/24/2024 · BORDENTOWN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Hermann Total Distribution Services
- **Location:** 445 Rising Sun Road, BORDENTOWN, NEW JERSEY, 08505
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to move a metal pallet storage rack (24' L x 44" W and weighing 350-400 lbs.). He left the seat of the forklift to manually assist with moving the rack into place while a second forklift still had one side lifted. The rack slid off the forklift tines and struck the employee on the thighs, knocking him to the ground. He sustained a compression fracture of his L4 vertebra.

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