# Fractures at Tropical Shipping USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181010822` · 10/19/2018 · MEDLEY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Tropical Shipping USA, LLC
- **Location:** 9505 NW 108 Avenue, MEDLEY, FLORIDA, 33178
- **NAICS:** 483111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to load a truck at a loading bay when he turned around and was struck by a reversing forklift, suffering a fractured ankle.

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