# Fractures at Genuine Parts Company
> OSHA SIR `2022098570` · 9/28/2022 · MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Trailers
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Genuine Parts Company
- **Location:** 690 North Broad Street, MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE, 19709
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping place a pallet jack on a storage trailer. The pallet jack slipped, causing the employee to fall off the trailer and suffer a broken ankle.

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