# Fractures at Pratt Recycling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015085958` · 8/20/2015 · DENTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Pratt Recycling, Inc.
- **Location:** 1401 Mayhill Rd., DENTON, TEXAS, 76208
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding a forklift driver to a specific area. The forklift hit a chuck hole in the ground, causing the load to shift and fall onto the employee's leg. The employee sustained a broken fibula and tibia, several broken metatarsals, and a fractured foot.

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