# Fractures at Eastern Metal Supply, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025087698` · 8/5/2025 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip joint(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle trailers, trailing units
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Eastern Metal Supply, Inc.
- **Location:** 510 Thorpe Road, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32824
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the tarp from their flatbed trailer when a forklift went to retrieve a bundle and the forks caught another bundle. The bundle fell toward the employee and he jumped from the trailer to the ground, landing on his left side and fracturing his hip.

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