# Fractures at Futamura USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024064831` · 6/2/2024 · TECUMSEH, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
## Employer
- **Name:** Futamura USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 6000 SE 2nd St, TECUMSEH, KANSAS, 66542
- **NAICS:** 325220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift to move a pallet of product that was sitting on the floor in an aisle of the finishing warehouse next to metal racking. The forklift cab went under the middle shelf and his torso became caught between the metal shelf (at his back) and the forklift steering control stick (at his front). He was hospitalized with possible fractured ribs.

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