# Fractures at EMPIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024042940` · 4/3/2024 · AUSTELL, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** EMPIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
- **Location:** 685 Hartman Road, AUSTELL, GEORGIA, 30168
- **NAICS:** 424820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 3, 2024, an employee was getting off his reach truck at a battery charging station when the truck rolled forward and his left foot became pinned between the truck and the guardrail, resulting in fractures to his foot and ankle.

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