# Fractures at Metropolitan Glass, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161010122` · 10/27/2016 · CENTENNIAL, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Metropolitan Glass, Inc.
- **Location:** 8061 East Caley Drive, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, 80111
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping unload a wooden crate full of glass (about 1,000 lbs.) from a flat bed truck with a forklift and jib. The crate slipped loose, slid, and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left leg.

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