# Fractures at Simmons Feed Ingredients
> OSHA SIR `2019011056` · 1/29/2019 · RICHLANDTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Simmons Feed Ingredients
- **Location:** 797 California Road, RICHLANDTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18955
- **NAICS:** 112112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismounting a stand-up forklift, lost his balance, and tripped catching his ankle between the forklift and a rack. The employee sustained two broken bones in his ankle and a laceration requiring stiches.

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