# Crushing injuries at Prairie Farms
> OSHA SIR `2015085845` · 8/17/2015 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Prairie Farms
- **Location:** Drury Inn & Suites Convention Center, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63102
- **NAICS:** 112120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering milk.  While he was unloading the milk case with a coworker, the case slipped out of his hand and landed on his leg, crushing his tibia. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

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