# Fractures at Costco Wholesale Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021109117` · 10/22/2021 · COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Costco Wholesale Corporation
- **Location:** 4250 S Fulton Pkwy., COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA, 30349
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading merchandise from a trailer using an electric pallet jack. The pallet jack got caught in a pallet on the floor and the employee was ejected from the pallet jack, resulting in fractures to the tibia and humerus.

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