# Strains at Siemens Industry Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099656` · 9/18/2018 · RICHLAND, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Strains
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Siemens Industry Inc.
- **Location:** 444 Highway 49 South, RICHLAND, MISSISSIPPI, 39218
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing as a forklift operator removed a voltage regulator from the assembly line when the load became unbalanced and began falling from the forklift. The employee was struck by the falling product and fell to the concrete floor while moving away from it, straining his right shoulder and left knee.

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