# Fractures at DHL Express
> OSHA SIR `20201010130` · 10/24/2020 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** DHL Express
- **Location:** 5815 NW 18th St Building 716, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33126
- **NAICS:** 481112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving an empty pallet with his foot. A loaded container that was being moved by a forklift struck the empty pallet and the employee's foot was caught between the pallet and a steel frame. The foot sustained fractures that requires surgery and hospitalization.

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