# Fractures at Johnstown Wire Technologies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043325` · 4/14/2023 · JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Johnstown Wire Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** 124 Laurel Avenue, JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 15906
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck in the heel/ankle by a lift truck that was backing up, resulting in two bone fractures and soft tissue damage.

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