# Fractures at Kroger Distribution Ctr
> OSHA SIR `2016054535` · 5/23/2016 · DELAWARE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger Distribution Ctr
- **Location:** 2000 Nutter Farms Lane, DELAWARE, OHIO, 43015
- **NAICS:** 423990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stacking cases on a pallet when he was struck by a pallet jack being operated by a coworker. The employee's ankle was pinned between the pallet and the pallet jack, fracturing his right ankle and requiring hospitalization.

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