# Fractures at NEPW Logistics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111359` · 11/3/2018 · PORTLAND, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** NEPW Logistics, Inc.
- **Location:** 118 Quarry Rd, PORTLAND, MAINE, 04103
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was de-wiring bales of pulp when a forklift (which was bringing him more bales) dropped a bale onto his leg. He suffered a compound fracture of the leg and was hospitalized.

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