# Fractures at Deere & Company
> OSHA SIR `2020010763` · 1/23/2020 · HORICON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Deere & Company
- **Location:** 300 N. Vine Street, HORICON, WISCONSIN, 53032
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a stand-up reach forklift with a load elevated in the air. The load caught a ceiling-mounted heater, causing the forklift to tip backwards. The employee's left foot was caught between the forklift and the ground, causing several fractures to the foot and ankle.

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