# Fractures at Kroger Great Lakes Regional Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2024087596` · 8/18/2024 · DELAWARE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack riding
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger Great Lakes Regional Distribution Center
- **Location:** 2000 NUTTER FARMS LANE, DELAWARE, OHIO, 43015
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning an electric end-rider pallet jack from one aisle to another when they stopped to reposition the pallet jack. They backed up and their left ankle became pinned between the pallet jack and the racking, lacerating their ankle and fracturing the left fibula.

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