# Fractures at Averitt Express
> OSHA SIR `2021043186` · 4/16/2021 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Averitt Express
- **Location:** 6326 Burnet Rd, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78757
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading freight from a truck. The pallet holding the freight slid and the lift gate came down on the employee's left foot, breaking the foot and the ankle.

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