# Fractures at Amazon Fulfillment Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076618` · 7/17/2017 · CARTERET, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Amazon Fulfillment Services Inc.
- **Location:** 8003 Industrial Highway, CARTERET, NEW JERSEY, 07008
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 7/17/17, an employee was driving a stand-up riding forklift truck and negotiating a turn when the forklift struck a column. His left leg was crushed in the collision, suffering multiple fractures. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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