# Fractures at Wheatland Tube Company
> OSHA SIR `20191111779` · 11/12/2019 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **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:** Wheatland Tube Company
- **Location:** 4435 South Western Boulevard, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60609
- **NAICS:** 335932
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck by a bundle of tubing that slid off the forks of a forklift, suffering a fractured left hand and right leg.

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