# Fractures at Hanover Cold Storage Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025054608` · 5/15/2025 · ELIZABETHTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Hanover Cold Storage Inc.
- **Location:** 52 Industrial Road, ELIZABETHTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17022
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was operating an electric pallet jack in the warehouse, picking product for customers. He was moving his pallet jack out of the way of another employee when his left leg was caught between the pallet jack and warehouse racking. The employee sustained a compound fracture to his lower left leg.

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