# Fractures at PPG Architectural Coatings, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017021293` · 2/9/2017 · LEWISVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** PPG Architectural Coatings, Inc
- **Location:** 2535A East State Hwy 121 ste 100, LEWISVILLE, TEXAS, 75056
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing an order by hand to load into a forklift truck. As the forklift transported the pallet, the pallet struck the employee, fracturing and deeply lacerating his lower leg.

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