# Fractures at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `2019032634` · 3/12/2019 · EDWARDSVILLE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 2441 S 98th St, EDWARDSVILLE, KANSAS, 66111
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift and pinned his left foot between the forklift and a metal rack causing a fracture to his left ankle that required surgery.

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