# Fractures at Advanced Autoparts
> OSHA SIR `2016032500` · 3/23/2016 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Autoparts
- **Location:** 4900 Frontage Rd. South, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33815
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a motorized pallet jack to move cardboard recycling bins. While the employee was steering, the jack became stuck and pinned the employee's ankle to the storage racks. The employee suffered a broken tibia/fibula.

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