# Fractures at Associated Wholesale Grocers
> OSHA SIR `2017066056` · 6/30/2017 · SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Associated Wholesale Grocers
- **Location:** 2929 Staeline Road, SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI, 38671
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was traveling inside a warehouse with a loaded forklift when he entered a cross-traffic intersection and struck another forklift. He stuck his foot out to brace himself. His foot was then caught between the forklifts, breaking his ankle.

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