# Fractures at Kia Georgia, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076733` · 7/24/2024 · WEST POINT, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Industrial carrier  powered
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Kia Georgia, Inc.
- **Location:** 7777 Kia Parkway, WEST POINT, GEORGIA, 31833
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 24, 2024, an employee was standing near a water cooler in the general assembly shop when a powered industrial vehicle pulling two material handling carts made a turn and the second cart struck the employee on the right side of their body resulting in abdominal pain and a possible right ankle fracture.

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