# Fractures at United States Penitentiary Leavenworth
> OSHA SIR `20221210946` · 12/16/2022 · LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Penitentiary Leavenworth
- **Location:** 1300 Metropolitan Avenue, LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, 66048
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 16, 2022, at 12:45 PM, an employee was using an electric pallet jack to move materials in a recycling area. As he was walking backward, he became pinched between the load he was moving and a pallet full of other materials. The pallet jack rolled over his foot, resulting in foot fractures that required hospitalization and surgery.

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