# Fractures at Gulf Stevedoring Services
> OSHA SIR `2023065402` · 6/19/2023 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Stevedoring Services
- **Location:** 1601 Harborside Drive, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77550
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking near a forklift operator who was palletizing fruit pallets when the forklift drove into the employee, pinning them between a ladder and a crane. The employee suffered a broken leg.

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