# Fractures at Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2021031860` · 3/1/2021 · MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp.
- **Location:** 1220 N 6th St, MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS, 61462
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 1, 2021, an employee was retrieving a plastic spacer used to separate rows of boxes on a pallet. A floor jack bumped into a nearby stack of pallets, and a pallet struck the employee. The employee suffered fractures to the lower leg and ankle and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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