# Fractures at Pierce Manufacturing Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161010175` · 10/29/2016 · APPLETON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Pierce Manufacturing Inc.
- **Location:** 3100 McCarthy Road, APPLETON, WISCONSIN, 54913
- **NAICS:** 336120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning a stand-up lift truck to pick up parts. When the operator turned the steering wheel, a tire on the lift grabbed the floor. The lift swung around, causing the operator to fall out of the lift. The operator fell up against racking and the lift pinned him between the rack and the lift fracturing ribs.

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