# Fractures at THE KROGER COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022064796` · 6/3/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** THE KROGER COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 701 GELLHORN DR., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just mounted a double walkie-rider and was pulling out of its parking spot. While making a sharp turn, the employee fell off the operator's platform and landed in front of the walkie-rider as it collided with a second, parked walkie-rider. The employee's right leg was struck by both machines' operator platforms and suffered fractures to the right tibia and fibula.

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