# Fractures at BYK USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043797` · 4/28/2017 · WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** BYK USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 524 South Cherry Street, WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06492
- **NAICS:** 611511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting two pallets of pails using a swing lift reach truck, which operates on a guidewire system. The pallet load came in contact with a protruding stored pallet, causing the pallet load to slide towards the employee and strike their left leg. They sustained a fractured left tibia.

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