# Fractures at Averitt Express, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016053932` · 5/9/2016 · OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Averitt Express, Inc.
- **Location:** Leslie Pool Supplies, OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI, 38654
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Monday, 5/9/2016, at 9:40 AM, an employee was using a pallet jack to unload materials from a vehicle with a lift gate when the load and pallet jack fell on his feet. He sustained a broken left ankle and a contusion to his right ankle, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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