# Fractures at Bunzl Distribution Southwest, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2024021612` · 2/21/2024 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Bunzl Distribution Southwest, L.P.
- **Location:** 2005 Valley View Lane, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75234
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an order picker. A forklift was being maneuvered around the order picker when its carriage caught the edge of a pallet and forced a stack of pallets forward. The employee was pinned against the order picker by the pallets and suffered a broken left leg.

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