# Fractures at Timken Motor and Crane Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016043317` · 4/20/2016 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Timken Motor and Crane Services LLC
- **Location:** 2015 W. 8th Ave., DENVER, COLORADO, 80204
- **NAICS:** 423610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring a piece of plate metal from one pallet to another. A forklift stood the metal plate up on the edge of the pallet. The plate metal fell over and struck the employee's leg, fracturing the femur.

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