# Fractures at AVATAR CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2020021918` · 2/27/2020 · UNIVERSITY PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** AVATAR CORPORATION
- **Location:** 500 CENTRAL AVE., UNIVERSITY PARK, ILLINOIS, 60484
- **NAICS:** 325613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing next to a forklift with steel totes on its forks. A tote fell off the forks, striking the employee's left arm and breaking it in two places.

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