# Fractures at Stericycle Environmental Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2015021412` · 2/15/2015 · SEABROOK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Stericycle Environmental Solutions
- **Location:** 4700 Cruise Rd, SEABROOK, TEXAS, 77586
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A Stericycle employee was labeling 55 gallon drums and a yard employee on a forklift was carrying palettes of fruit. The yard employee struck the Stericycle employee and pinned him between the palettes of fruit and the 55 gallon drums.  The accident resulted in a fracture just above the employee's right ankle.

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