# Fractures at Southeastern Freight Lines
> OSHA SIR `2019077187` · 7/16/2019 · LAGRANGE, GEORGIA
## 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:** Southeastern Freight Lines
- **Location:** 1300 4th Ave., LAGRANGE, GEORGIA, 30240
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the freight he had just loaded into a truck for transport when a forklift backed into him and fractured his left ankle.

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