# Fractures at KAO U.S.A.
> OSHA SIR `2015085634` · 8/11/2015 · FAIRFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
## Employer
- **Name:** KAO U.S.A.
- **Location:** 8878 LaSaint Dr, FAIRFIELD, OHIO, 45014
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was operating a forklift and hit a steel beam.  The employee's head struck the steel beam resulting in a fractured skull.

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