# Fractures at Publix Super Markets Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054512` · 5/3/2019 · DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Super Markets Inc.
- **Location:** 777 SW 12th Avenue, DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA, 33442
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the ground retrieving product from a pallet. A pallet truck struck the pallet on the ground and the employee's left leg was caught between the pallet and a rack resulting in a fractured fibula.

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