# Fractures at New England Motor Freight, Inc. [NEMF]
> OSHA SIR `2017021823` · 2/27/2017 · ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** New England Motor Freight, Inc. [NEMF]
- **Location:** 2300 Landmeier Rd, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking out of a trailer to his forklift when another forklift struck him and fractured his leg.

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