# Fractures at Averitt Express, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181213118` · 12/22/2018 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(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:** Averitt Express, Inc.
- **Location:** 4500 BIRMINGHAM STREET, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35217
- **NAICS:** 484122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking freight when a forklift struck him from behind, breaking his left big toe and second toe.

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