# Fractures at Pineland Farms Potato Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010813` · 1/27/2022 · MARS HILL, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Pineland Farms Potato Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 115 Presque Isle Road, MARS HILL, MAINE, 04758
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a stand-up forklift to place a pallet on the second tier of a racking system. The boxes on the pallet hit the third-tier shelf and started to fall. The employee lowered the pallet and struck the second-tier shelf, which caused the pallet to tip. The employee quickly moved the lift back and lowered the pallet. The employee then stepped off the back of the lift, which moved, pinning him against the racking behind him. He suffered a broken leg.

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