# Fractures at United Natural Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016076588` · 7/20/2016 · DAYVILLE, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **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:** United Natural Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 260 Lake Road, DAYVILLE, CONNECTICUT, 06241
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee operating an electric pallet jack was rounding an aisle and became pinned between the pallet jack handle and a fixed storage rack, sustaining five broken ribs. The injured employee was hospitalized.

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