# Fractures at KROGER DISTRIBUTION CENTER
> OSHA SIR `2021097900` · 9/14/2021 · DELAWARE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** KROGER DISTRIBUTION CENTER
- **Location:** 2000 NUTTER FARMS LANE, DELAWARE, OHIO, 43015
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 14, 2021, an employee was operating a pallet jack. As he turned into another aisle, his right ankle and calf were caught between the platform of the pallet jack and the empty wooden pallet that was in the slot location. The employee suffered a broken bone in the lower right leg and was hospitalized.

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