# Fractures at Tarlton Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023054437` · 5/18/2023 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Tarlton Corporation
- **Location:** 310 South Newstead, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63106
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading and unloading palletized material with a powered pallet jack. The pallet jack backed up and the employee's leg was crushed between the pallet jack and a bumper/trailer hitch, resulting in fractures to the right ankle and left tibia.

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