# Fractures at CHART INDUSTRIES, INC
> OSHA SIR `2016109767` · 10/17/2016 · BALL GROUND, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** CHART INDUSTRIES, INC
- **Location:** 1300 AIRPORT DRIVE, BALL GROUND, GEORGIA, 30107
- **NAICS:** 332410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 8:04 a.m., on October 17, 2016, an employee was counting stacked sheet metal when she was struck by a pallet being carried by an oncoming forklift. She fell and struck her right side on the concrete working surface, fracturing her hip.

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