# Fractures at Benchmark Warehouse Distribution
> OSHA SIR `2016065419` · 6/17/2016 · BREINIGSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Benchmark Warehouse Distribution
- **Location:** 8301 Industrial Blvd., BREINIGSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18031
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a forklift and placing a pallet of aluminum on a racking system when the pallet fell off the racks and landed on the employee's ankle, breaking it and requiring surgery.

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