# Fractures at Furniture Mart USA
> OSHA SIR `2021053710` · 5/5/2021 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Furniture Mart USA
- **Location:** 140 E Hinks Ln., SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57104
- **NAICS:** 442110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a narrow warehouse aisle when a forklift came down the aisle. The employee tried to climb onto racking to avoid being struck by the forklift, got caught on the racking, and suffered a broken ankle.

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