# Fractures at Sysco Foods
> OSHA SIR `2024054704` · 5/29/2024 · STUART, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
- **Secondary source:** Non-riding pallet jack
## Employer
- **Name:** Sysco Foods
- **Location:** 2331 SE Federal Hwy, STUART, FLORIDA, 34994
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A delivery driver was delivering product at a customer location. He was using an electric pallet jack to offload a pallet when he fell off the trailer liftgate. The pallet jack then fell on his leg, causing the driver to sustain a broken leg and a laceration to his forehead from the fall.

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