# Fractures at YRC Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010888` · 1/28/2023 · CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** 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:** YRC Inc.
- **Location:** 2000 Lincoln Highway, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60411
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a compressor to fill air into a trailer airbag when a forklift backed into the employee, pinning them against the freight in a trailer. The employee sustained bilateral ankle fractures.

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