# Fractures at DHL Supply Chain
> OSHA SIR `2018099307` · 9/9/2018 · LACOMBE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** DHL Supply Chain
- **Location:** 64490 Highway 434, LACOMBE, LOUISIANA, 70445
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to move a pallet of coffee when the employee dismounted the forklift to retrieve an item that fell. The pallet of coffee then struck the employee, who suffered a broken hip.

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