# Fractures at Walgreens Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2019089040` · 8/30/2019 · PERRYSBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Moving in same direction, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Walgreens Distribution Center
- **Location:** 28727 Oregon Rd., PERRYSBURG, OHIO, 43551
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a forklift while carrying a pallet. A second forklift driver was directly behind the first forklift traveling in the same direction. The pallet blocked the safety sensor on the first forklift, causing it to suddenly stop. The second forklift then hit the first one and the employee on the first forklift suffered two broken legs. One of the leg fractures was a compound fracture.

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