# Fractures at CATERPILLAR INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021108660` · 10/7/2021 · MAPLETON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Golf cart, personnel transport cart
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CATERPILLAR INC.
- **Location:** 8826 W ROUTE 24, MAPLETON, ILLINOIS, 61547
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 6:24 p.m. on October 7, 2021, an employee was unplugging a personnel carrier that was parked and being charged. The cart unexpectedly moved forward and pinned the employee's left leg against a support column. The lower leg was broken and the employee was hospitalized.

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