# Fractures at ProLube Oil LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024098663` · 9/17/2024 · SOUTH POINT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** ProLube Oil LLC
- **Location:** 76 Township Road 1343, SOUTH POINT, OHIO, 45680
- **NAICS:** 324191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting together cardboard boxes in order to ship a product while a nearby forklift was grabbing a quarter-full tote from a rack that was 12 feet high. The forklift pushed the tote off the pallet rack and it struck the employee, resulting in broken ribs.

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