# Fractures at Kroeschell Operations, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211452` · 12/8/2016 · EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroeschell Operations, Inc.
- **Location:** Building KK, EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61611
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift when his foot was caught between the two pedals. While trying to get his foot out from between the pedals, he drove into a guardrail and broke his left femur.

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