# Fractures at Hearthside Foods
> OSHA SIR `2023109534` · 10/16/2023 · MC COMB, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **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:** Cans
## Employer
- **Name:** Hearthside Foods
- **Location:** 312 Rader Road, MC COMB, OHIO, 45858
- **NAICS:** 311821
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 16, 2023, at approximately 1:15 PM, an employee was using a transport (ride-on powered pallet jack) to pull large trash carts in the mixing room. As they turned the handle, the transport swung into empty trash bins that were along the wall and their left leg was pinned between the transport and the empty trash bins. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the lower leg including fractures to the tibia and fibula.

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