# Fractures at Midway Sales & Distribution Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015042324` · 4/24/2015 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Midway Sales & Distribution Inc.
- **Location:** 1001 SE. 2nd Street, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66607
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was strapping down building material on a trailer. A second employee who was operating a forklift did not see the first employee and backed up. He ran over the first employee, causing a fracture and open wound to the first employee's left leg just above his ankle. The employee was hospitalized.

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