# Fractures at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `20231110781` · 11/22/2023 · CRETE, NEBRASKA
## 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:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 2223 Industrial Road, CRETE, NEBRASKA, 68333
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet jack when their lower right leg was pinned between the pallet jack and a metal bumper surrounding the base of a pillar. The employee's leg was fractured.

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