# Fractures at Puckett Machinery Company
> OSHA SIR `2018044077` · 4/27/2018 · HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Puckett Machinery Company
- **Location:** 58 Cold Creek Lane, HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39402
- **NAICS:** 532310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a single-man aerial lift when the lift fell back and struck him, fracturing his skull and lacerating his face and ear. He also suffered a possible leg fracture.

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