# Fractures at The Hershey Company
> OSHA SIR `2023021108` · 2/3/2023 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** The Hershey Company
- **Location:** 400 Running Pump Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a candy packaging area and went to put the broom back in the storage room. The employee was then struck by a rack that was being moved by a walkie pallet jack, causing her to become caught between the rack and the unloader. The employee sustained two rib fractures.

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