# Fractures at Empire Sheet Metal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109976` · 10/17/2017 · MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Sheet Metal, Inc.
- **Location:** 155 Baker Street, MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03103
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift was carrying two 600- to 700-pound gates made from pipe steel. An employee's arm was then pinned between the gates and a flatbed truck. His arm broke and was lacerated, requiring hospitalization.

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