# Fractures at Alcon Research - Houston
> OSHA SIR `2018054385` · 5/5/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** Alcon Research - Houston
- **Location:** 9965 Buffalo Speedway, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77054
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to turn a reach truck left down an aisle but the truck unintentionally turned to the right. The employee was then caught between the truck and the wall, suffering a compound fracture in the left leg with a severe laceration.

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