# Fractures at Sam's Club
> OSHA SIR `20171110755` · 11/8/2017 · LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Sam's Club
- **Location:** 8480 Andermatt Dr., LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68512
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pallet wrapping machine. He stepped back from the machine onto the forks of a forklift that was parked behind him. His foot twisted as it landed on the fork, breaking his right ankle.

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