# Fractures at Royal Appliance Mfg. Co.
> OSHA SIR `2018076767` · 7/6/2018 · SOLON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Royal Appliance Mfg. Co.
- **Location:** 7005 Cochran Road, SOLON, OHIO, 44139
- **NAICS:** 443141
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 6, 2018, a temporary employee was scanning skids for order picking. A stand-up picker turned, and its load of double-stacked product pallets fell off its forks. A pallet fell onto the employee's lower left leg and fractured a bone.

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