# Fractures at Averitt Express
> OSHA SIR `2017054246` · 5/10/2017 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Averitt Express
- **Location:** Dykes Electric Inc., BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70814
- **NAICS:** 488510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left big toe was crushed and fractured when a pallet slid off the forks of a forklift and landed on the employee's foot. The employee had surgery and was hospitalized overnight.

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