# Fractures at MARSHALLS DISTRIBUTION CENTER
> OSHA SIR `2019021718` · 2/15/2019 · WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Golf cart, personnel transport cart
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MARSHALLS DISTRIBUTION CENTER
- **Location:** 83 COMMERCE WAY, WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS, 01801
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's foot was caught between an electric cart's accelerator and its brake as the employee stepped off the cart. The cart accelerated forward, striking a building column and breaking the employee's right leg/ankle.

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