# Fractures at Piedmont National Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024065202` · 6/12/2024 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  vehicle overturn
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle or mobile equipment failure
## Employer
- **Name:** Piedmont National Corporation
- **Location:** 8475 Western Way Ste 210, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32256
- **NAICS:** 424130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift in a warehouse. The employee was turning the forklift to go down a ramp to the dumpster when the brakes stopped working and the forklift went backward out the dock door. It landed on its backside on the ground and pinned the operator's right arm underneath. The employee sustained a fractured lower arm and wrist.

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