# Fractures at Valu Merchandisers Company
> OSHA SIR `2019021655` · 2/14/2019 · FORT SCOTT, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Valu Merchandisers Company
- **Location:** 4805 Campbell Drive, FORT SCOTT, KANSAS, 66701
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling an order when his leg was pinned between a pallet and a steel rack. He suffered hairline fractures of the right tibia and fibula, as well as a laceration.

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