# Fractures at HEB Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2019088765` · 8/23/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** HEB Distribution Center
- **Location:** 4625 Windfern Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell while operating a powered pallet jack and her right foot became lodged underneath. She pulled her foot out from under the equipment and suffered a fracture to her right heel. She was hospitalized.

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