# Fractures at Matthews Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022087079` · 8/10/2022 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Matthews Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 23 2nd Street SW, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking in an aisle. To move out of the way of forklift traffic, the employee stepped between a metal tub and a storage tank. A forklift bumped the tub, which pinched the employee's leg against the tank. The employee suffered lacerations and fractures to the leg.

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