# Fractures at Lineage Logistics, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023064941` · 6/5/2023 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Lineage Logistics, LLC
- **Location:** 5050 West Foundation Court, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57107
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet jack and staging a pallet of product on the floor next to storage racking. The employee backed the pallet jack out of the pallet and was turning around in the aisle when the pallet jack impacted the racking. The first level of the racking was above the operator's compartment of the pallet jack. Upon impact, the employee was pushed forward within the operator's compartment and pinned against the racking. The employee sustained a fractured sternum.

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