# Fractures at BUNZL DISTRIBUTION MIDCENTRAL INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021097803` · 9/10/2021 · ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** BUNZL DISTRIBUTION MIDCENTRAL INC.
- **Location:** 905 Crossroads Parkway, ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60446
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 10, 2021, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the injured employee was standing in between their powered industrial truck and a pallet of goods stacked approximately 7 feet high. A second employee was traveling through the aisle, pushing three pallets of goods stacked approximately 7 feet high and struck the injured employee's pallet. The pallet struck the injured employee and pinned their left foot between it and the PIV platform and their abdomen against the goods on the pallet and the PIV guardrail. The employee sustained trauma to the left foot and ankle and a fractured ribcage.

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