# Fractures at Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020021961` · 2/28/2020 · PARSONS, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc
- **Location:** 1609 Union Ave, PARSONS, KANSAS, 67357
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hand truck to move a large compression testing machine. The shipping weight of the item was 975 lbs. The load was top heavy and when the employee tipped it back it fell and struck his lower left leg causing a fracture near the ankle.

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