# Fractures at People Ready
> OSHA SIR `2020043049` · 4/3/2020 · MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** People Ready
- **Location:** Maxwell Air Force Base, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36112
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was adjusting dunnage under a lifted load of corrugated metal decking when he signaled the forklift operator to let the boom out. During this process, a piece of decking slid off and hit his lower leg. He was hospitalized with a right ankle fracture and a fractured right tibia and fibula.

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