# Fractures at AKAT Scrap Metal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054280` · 5/12/2023 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** AKAT Scrap Metal, Inc.
- **Location:** 12100 S. Stoney Island Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60633
- **NAICS:** 212299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift to move garbage. As they stepped off the forklift, the employee slipped/fell. The forklift then ran over the employee's leg, resulting in a leg fracture.

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