# Fractures at SPRINGCO
> OSHA SIR `2017065550` · 6/16/2017 · LORAIN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** SPRINGCO
- **Location:** 7469 LORAIN INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY, LORAIN, OHIO, 44053
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 6/16/2017, at approximately 1100, an employee was pushing a rack up a ramp when a forklift carrying a bin came up behind him. The forklift operator attempted to pass the employee and the side of the bin struck the employee, fracturing his ankle/leg and requiring hospitalization.

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