# Fractures at VT Halter Marine
> OSHA SIR `20211210470` · 12/6/2021 · PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** VT Halter Marine
- **Location:** 900 Bayou Cassotte, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 39581
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a transport to move a ship component alongside a vessel. The employee was controlling the transport with a hand-held control, walking backward, watching the transport to make sure it had enough room to get by. At the same time, another employee was clearing gang boxes and material out of the transport's way using a forklift. After backing up with a load, the forklift began to move forward, and its back left tire struck the transport operator's right leg. The transport operator suffered a shattered tibia.

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