# Fractures at Prinsco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019076662` · 7/2/2019 · CHATSWORTH, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Prinsco, Inc.
- **Location:** 111 E. Pine Street, CHATSWORTH, ILLINOIS, 60921
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift operator was loading plastic pipe onto a trailer. The forklift backed up and ran over another employee's leg. The injured employee suffered a laceration to the leg and broken bone in the ankle.

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