# Fractures at Phifer Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2023032632` · 3/23/2023 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Phifer Incorporated
- **Location:** 4400 Reese Phifer Ave, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was watching a co-worker operate a powered pallet jack when it pinned the employee's left leg against a piece of equipment. The employee's lower leg was broken.

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