# Fractures at Amazon Fulfillment Center
> OSHA SIR `2018054883` · 5/18/2018 · MESQUITE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Amazon Fulfillment Center
- **Location:** 33333 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway, MESQUITE, TEXAS, 75149
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift when his foot slipped. When he tried to correct himself, his hand came off the steering control and the forklift struck a guardrail. He suffered a foot fracture.

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