# Fractures at Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021010722` · 1/26/2021 · GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
- **Location:** 3500 Lake Guntersville Park Drive, GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35976
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unbinding cages from a live-haul trailer in preparation for unloading. The employee completed the trailer and proceeded to the other side of the loading area to start on the next trailer. The employee was struck by a reversing forklift and was hospitalized with a fractured right ankle.

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