# Fractures at DOT FOODS, INC
> OSHA SIR `2021032604` · 3/27/2021 · MOUNT STERLING, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** DOT FOODS, INC
- **Location:** 1 DOT WAY, MOUNT STERLING, ILLINOIS, 62353
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an enclosed pallet jack and stopped to scan a pallet. As the employee reached out to scan the pallet, the cord of the scanner hit the throttle of the pallet jack. The pallet jack lunged forward and pinched the employee's right leg against a doorway protection pole resulting in a lower leg fracture.

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