# Fractures at Prairie Farms Dairy
> OSHA SIR `2022010808` · 1/27/2022 · O FALLON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Prairie Farms Dairy
- **Location:** 610 E State St, O FALLON, ILLINOIS, 62269
- **NAICS:** 112120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading pallets on a trailer at the dock. The employee entered a trailer on a rider jack, dropped their load, and began moving backward to exit the trailer. The rider jack impacted the dock plate while it was in an upward position and the employee was thrown into the dock plate, resulting in a compound fracture of their right tibia that required surgery.

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