# Fractures at Worldwide Door Components, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109887` · 10/23/2024 · ARCADIA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
## Employer
- **Name:** Worldwide Door Components, Inc.
- **Location:** 101 W. Palmetto Street, ARCADIA, FLORIDA, 34266
- **NAICS:** 332510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the ground level, repairing a pallet racking system that was four levels high. The vertical upright beam on the storage rack failed and a wooden pallet with plastic and aluminum parts fell from the top rack, striking the employee. The employee sustained a broken left tibia and fibula and lacerations to their head and right leg.

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