# Fractures at Westervelt Lumber Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010371` · 1/12/2023 · THOMASVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Westervelt Lumber Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 700 North Clarke Industrial Road, THOMASVILLE, ALABAMA, 36784
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was talking to a forklift operator when the lift struck the employee, causing a heel fracture and right thigh injury.

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