# Fractures at UNFI
> OSHA SIR `2025032402` · 3/13/2025 · MONTGOMERY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet)  excluding toes
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack riding
- **Secondary source:** Structural barriers  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** UNFI
- **Location:** 525 Neelytown, MONTGOMERY, NEW YORK, 12549
- **NAICS:** 314999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack in a warehouse. As he turned out of one aisle into another, he had to reverse to get a better angle. While reversing, the pallet jack struck a metal guardrail and trapped the employee's right ankle against it. The employee's foot was broken.

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