# Fractures at Empire Packing Company, LP
> OSHA SIR `2022098377` · 9/21/2022 · MASON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Packing Company, LP
- **Location:** 4780 Alliance Dr., MASON, OHIO, 45040
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was scanning pallets when a forklift backed into him. He suffered a broken ankle and foot.

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