# Fractures at Kroger Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2024021296` · 2/11/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack riding
- **Secondary source:** Doors  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger Distribution Center
- **Location:** 701 Gellhorn Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a powered pallet jack. The pallet jack struck a doorway, causing the employee to fall from the pallet jack to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis on the right side.

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