# Fractures at Lovewell Fence & Deck
> OSHA SIR `2025076503` · 7/7/2025 · TILTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **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:** Vehicle and machine attachments  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lovewell Fence & Deck
- **Location:** 1st Street, TILTON, ILLINOIS, 61832
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 7, 2025, at approximately 1:29 PM, employees were unloading material and equipment from a trailer in the construction yard. Part of the load included a forklift attachment, located near the edge of the trailer. One employee was using a forklift to unload a crate of material located next to the attachment and struck the front crate with the forks, causing the crate to strike the attachment. The attachment fell over the side of the trailer and struck the injured employee who was walking by at that time. The employee suffered six fractured ribs and four fractured vertebrae.

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