# Fractures at VI-JON LABORATORIES
> OSHA SIR `20171010230` · 10/25/2017 · OVERLAND, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **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:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** VI-JON LABORATORIES
- **Location:** 8515 Page Ave, OVERLAND, MISSOURI, 63114
- **NAICS:** 325612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a forklift when the left fork hit a support beam, causing the employee to then hit the cage of the truck. He sustained three fractured vertebrae in his neck and a forehead gash.

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