# Fractures at Whole Foods Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2022119566` · 11/1/2022 · CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Other structures, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Whole Foods Distribution Center
- **Location:** 400 East Johnson Avenue, CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT, 06410
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a double-fork pallet jack with two pallets of product when the pallet jack struck a metal barrier that is against a wall. The employee's foot got caught between the pallet jack and the metal barrier resulting in a right ankle/foot fracture.

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