# Fractures at US Foods
> OSHA SIR `2017098957` · 9/19/2017 · NORCROSS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** US Foods
- **Location:** 6685 Crescent Drive, NORCROSS, GEORGIA, 30071
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet jack to select dry product in an aisle around 5:30 p.m. along with several other pallet jack operators. He was walking between his pallet jack and a coworker's parked pallet jack when his pallet jack rolled forward and caught his right leg between the two pieces of equipment, fracturing his lower leg/ankle.

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