# Fractures at Swift Pork Company
> OSHA SIR `2016010062` · 1/5/2016 · BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Sudden start or stop, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Pork Company
- **Location:** 8295 Arenzville Rd, BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS, 62618
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift when the forklift stopped suddenly and flung the employee off backwards. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip.

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