# Fractures at Braskem America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065329` · 6/19/2022 · FREEPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Posts, bollards, moorings
## Employer
- **Name:** Braskem America, Inc.
- **Location:** 5005 East Highway 332, FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
- **NAICS:** 325110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking toward the drum crushing area when a forklift made a right turn and pinned them against a safety bollard. The employee sustained a fractured right femur.

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