# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at The Kroger Company
> OSHA SIR `2025043149` · 4/4/2025 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery
- **Source:** Pallet jack riding
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** The Kroger Company
- **Location:** 701 Gellhorn Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped off his pallet jack when his gloves caught the jack handle throttle button, causing the jack to accelerate. The employee's left ankle was pinned between the pallet jack platform and an angle iron, resulting in injury.

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