# Fractures at Port of Wilmington Cold Storage
> OSHA SIR `2019055125` · 5/21/2019 · WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Port of Wilmington Cold Storage
- **Location:** 1 Shipyard Blvd, WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, 28401
- **NAICS:** 531130
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift in the warehouse. He turned abruptly to avoid another forklift, got off balance and jumped off the forklift. His left foot was caught between the corner rack guard and the forklift and fractured.

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