# Fractures at Costco Wholesale Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015074807` · 7/18/2015 · NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Shelves, shelving
## Employer
- **Name:** Costco Wholesale Corporation
- **Location:** 1320 S. Route 59, NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60565
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about July 18, 2015, at approximately 8:10 a.m., an employee was dismounting an electric pallet jack in the warehouse.  After bringing the pallet jack to a full stop, she swung her leg out and struck an upright for a steel shelving unit, breaking a bone behind her knee. She was hospitalized.

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