# Fractures at DHL Supply Chain
> OSHA SIR `2018099249` · 9/7/2018 · PATASKALA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** DHL Supply Chain
- **Location:** 131 Heritage Drive, PATASKALA, OHIO, 43062
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a powered lift. The employee raised the control arm upright and the emergency brake engaged. The employee lost balance and extended the left leg, which was caught between the back of the vehicle and a barrier. The employee sustained a left lower leg laceration and fracture.

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