# Fractures at New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010618` · 1/22/2016 · LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc.
- **Location:** 155 LEXINGTON DRIVE, LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03246
- **NAICS:** 332991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking a conveyor off a pallet jack when the conveyor fell over and struck his leg. He was hospitalized with a broken lower leg, requiring surgery.

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