# Fractures at SYSCO DENVER INC
> OSHA SIR `2021076101` · 7/23/2021 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** SYSCO DENVER INC
- **Location:** 5000 BEELER STREET, DENVER, COLORADO, 80238
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was standing on the left side of his pallet jack applying stickers to it. A co-worker was operating a pallet jack in the same area. The co-worker was moving to pick up a pallet and the equipment jerked to the left and struck the injured employee's left foot and ankle, pinning them to the pallet jack. The employee's foot and ankle were fractured.

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