# Fractures at Kroger
> OSHA SIR `20171212286` · 12/30/2017 · FAIRFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in  nonroadway area
- **Source:** Shopping cart, grocery carriage-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger
- **Location:** 560 west Wessel Dr, FAIRFIELD, OHIO, 45014
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A driver was pushing a pallet jack loaded with milk through a set of double doors. The pallet jack then impacted and pushed a shopping cart into an employee, pinning the employee against the wall. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs.

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