# Fractures at COSTCO
> OSHA SIR `2019088346` · 8/13/2019 · MONROE TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** COSTCO
- **Location:** 10 COSTCO DRIVE, MONROE TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY, 08831
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack behind a floor scrubber when the scrubber stopped and the employee collided with the scrubber's back bumper bar. The employee sustained a fibular fracture to the lower left leg and was hospitalized.

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