# Fractures at CVS Health
> OSHA SIR `2024064902` · 6/4/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack riding
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers or barriers
## Employer
- **Name:** CVS Health
- **Location:** 19802 Imperial Valley, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77073
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a double electric pallet jack. The employee was trying to put the unit in reverse, but moved forward instead. As a result, the equipment struck a warehouse protection guardrail and the employee's right leg was caught between the guardrail and the pallet jack. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to the leg.

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