# Fractures at New South Express, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087309` · 8/11/2023 · LINCOLN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** New South Express, LLC
- **Location:** 249-B Clover Road, LINCOLN, ALABAMA, 35096
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After moving empty containers with a forklift, an employee began to travel forward in the forklift. While re-entering the main aisle, the left fork struck the roll cage of an oncoming forklift that was travelling in reverse. This caused the injured employee's forklift to tip over onto a guardrail. The upper rail of the guardrail entered the top of the forklift's roll cage, pinning the employee's legs against the seat. The employee sustained a fractured leg.

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