# Fractures at The Kroger Company
> OSHA SIR `2023043624` · 4/23/2023 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** The Kroger Company
- **Location:** 6300 Creek Road, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45242
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving an electric pallet jack when it struck a storage rack. The employee suffered rib fractures.

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