# Fractures at World Wide Technology
> OSHA SIR `2022087074` · 8/10/2022 · EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** World Wide Technology
- **Location:** 3971 Lakeview Corporate Dr, EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS, 62025
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading product from a trailer using a walkie/rider pallet jack. While backing out of the trailer, the pallet jack jerked and the employee slipped off it. His left leg was briefly pinned between the pallet jack and the trailer wall and was broken.

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