# Fractures at Associated Wholesale Grocers
> OSHA SIR `2018088731` · 8/23/2018 · NORFOLK, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Associated Wholesale Grocers
- **Location:** 1301 W Omaha Ave, NORFOLK, NEBRASKA, 68701
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were talking near the machine one of them had been operating. A double pallet jack backed out of the adjoining aisle and struck one of the two, pinching his left leg/ankle against the other employee's machine. He suffered fractures to his left tibia/fibula.

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