# Fractures at Bayer - U.S. Crop Science Division
> OSHA SIR `2019010395` · 1/13/2019 · AIKEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(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:** Bayer - U.S. Crop Science Division
- **Location:** 251 Hwy 70 East, AIKEN, TEXAS, 79221
- **NAICS:** 115114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was spotting for another employee who was backing a conveyor out of a warehouse using a forklift. The injured employee noticed that the forklift was about to hit the overhead door to the warehouse with the conveyor. The injured employee went to lower the conveyor to prevent damage to the overhead door and the conveyor and the forklift struck the employee breaking both legs below the knee.

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