# Fractures at RML Transport, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017010952` · 1/30/2017 · WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** RML Transport, LLC
- **Location:** United Rentals, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA, 70669
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee delivered a load to a customer and was unloading the cargo when he was struck in the head with the forks of a forklift. The employee was wearing a hard hat. The employee sustained multiple skull fractures, five staples in the face, and short-term memory loss.

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