# Fractures at VALK MANUFACTURING COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20171111022` · 11/16/2017 · NEW KINGSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple foot (feet) locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** VALK MANUFACTURING COMPANY
- **Location:** 66 EAST MAIN STREET, NEW KINGSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17072
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an overhead crane/hoist to unload a steel snow plow blade when the load came loose from the clamp and struck his feet. He suffered a broken big toe on his right foot and fractures to the top of his left foot.

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