# Fractures at Grocers Supply Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021020981` · 2/3/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Posts, bollards, moorings
## Employer
- **Name:** Grocers Supply Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 3100 East Holcombe Blvd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77021
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet jack when their right leg was pinned between the jack and a safety bollard. The employee sustained a compound fracture of the tibia and fibula.

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