# Fractures at DHS Supply Chain
> OSHA SIR `20171211546` · 12/5/2017 · CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** DHS Supply Chain
- **Location:** 597 Alexander Spring Road, CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17015
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repositioning a displaced pallet full of cookies when the pallet shifted and fell on the employee's leg, fracturing the femur.

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