# Fractures at Kohl Building Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024109438` · 10/9/2024 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine front attachments
- **Secondary source:** Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Kohl Building Products, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Hartman Ridge Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17602
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a knuckle boom fork truck. He was putting the forks back into the truck when they got stuck. When the employee was backing the forks out, they sprang forward and struck his chest, knocking him to the ground. The employee sustained broken ribs and was hospitalized.

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