# Fractures at Tyson Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020043509` · 4/16/2020 · CENTER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 1019 Shelbyville Street, CENTER, TEXAS, 75935
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a standup forklift when he stopped his lift on a shipping dock in front of a door. A sit-down forklift was backing out of the door and hit the employee's leg, pinning it between the two lifts. His left leg had a fractured femur, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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