# Fractures at DHL Supply Chain
> OSHA SIR `2018010863` · 1/26/2018 · EAST POINT, GEORGIA
## 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:** DHL Supply Chain
- **Location:** Clorox, EAST POINT, GEORGIA, 30344
- **NAICS:** 541614
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was driving a forklift to the battery charging area when he struck the bollard around a pole. The employee was not wearing a seat belt and struck the safety cage. When he tried to get off the lift, he passed out, fell, and hit his head on the concrete floor. He was hospitalized and had surgery for a broken neck.

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