# Fractures at Hensel Phelps
> OSHA SIR `20161110372` · 11/3/2016 · BLACKSTONE, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Hensel Phelps
- **Location:** East Parade Street and 15th Street., BLACKSTONE, VIRGINIA, 23824
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was standing in a doorway directing a forklift operator. The front-end assembly on the forklift was being lowered down to retrieve a concrete troweling machine. The boom went sideways and struck the employee, breaking three ribs.

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