# Fractures at Dollar General
> OSHA SIR `20231211007` · 12/1/2023 · JACKSON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Dollar General
- **Location:** 200 Jackson Road, JACKSON, GEORGIA, 30233
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a double pallet jack down an aisle when another piece of equipment came through the aisle. Realizing that the two pieces of equipment were about to collide, the employee jumped off the pallet jack. It then ran over his leg, breaking his leg/ankle.

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