# Fractures at Werner Enterprises, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021065174` · 6/24/2021 · HIALEAH GARDENS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Cages, cage racks
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Werner Enterprises, Inc.
- **Location:** 11291 NW 87th Court, HIALEAH GARDENS, FLORIDA, 33018
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a wheeled, steel cage filled with merchandise from the tailgate of a truck. When the tailgate made contact with the ground, the cage shifted and rolled off the gate, striking the employee's left ankle and resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

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