# Fractures at ACME Brick Company
> OSHA SIR `2024010195` · 1/9/2024 · DENTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** ACME Brick Company
- **Location:** 220 E. Daniels, DENTON, TEXAS, 76205
- **NAICS:** 327121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up broken bricks from the floor to throw into a hopper. A forklift reversed, and its counterweight struck the employee. The employee suffered a broken left foot, as well as injuries to the leg and ankle, and was hospitalized.

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