# Fractures at Albany Marriott
> OSHA SIR `2017054417` · 5/15/2017 · ALBANY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Albany Marriott
- **Location:** 189 Wolf Road, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 12205
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing tiles from a loader when a pallet of tiles fell off a forklift and struck the employee's right knee, fracturing the kneecap. The employee was hospitalized.

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