# Fractures at REPUBLIC SERVICES ENVIRONMENT, INC
> OSHA SIR `20231211609` · 12/23/2023 · HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** REPUBLIC SERVICES ENVIRONMENT, INC
- **Location:** 6025 Byassee Drive, HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI, 63042
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking back to her workstation. A forklift reversed a short distance, then completed a U-turn and struck her, running over her lower extremities. She was hospitalized with a broken ankle.

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