# Fractures at Russell Brands, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017087840` · 8/15/2017 · ALEXANDER CITY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Russell Brands, LLC
- **Location:** Alex City Distribution Center, ALEXANDER CITY, ALABAMA, 35010
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was auditing a load of goods on a loading dock when the back of a forklift struck her. She suffered a compound fracture to her right ankle and was hospitalized.

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