# Fractures at Amazon.com Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087977` · 8/22/2020 · LITHIA SPRINGS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Generators
## Employer
- **Name:** Amazon.com Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 2201 THORNTON ROAD, LITHIA SPRINGS, GEORGIA, 30122
- **NAICS:** 454111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 8:15 a.m. on August 22, 2020, an employee was in a truck yard opening the swing-style doors on the back of a semi trailer. When the employee opened the right-side door, a generator weighing over 200 pounds fell and struck the employee, knocking her to the ground. She suffered a broken right ankle.

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