# Fractures at Import Mex Distributors
> OSHA SIR `2024032594` · 3/22/2024 · AVON PARK, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet)  excluding toes
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area  unspecified
- **Source:** Pallet jack riding
- **Secondary source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Import Mex Distributors
- **Location:** 1004 West Main Street, AVON PARK, FLORIDA, 33825
- **NAICS:** 424310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet jack to transport heavy palletized loads through the department when the pallet jack slid on the wet floor. The injured employee was walking nearby and the pallet jack crushed their foot, resulting in a fractured foot bone.

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