# Fractures at Target Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2016010510` · 1/19/2016 · AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Target Distribution Center
- **Location:** 1800 State Highway 5S, AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK, 12010
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was operating a stand-up forklift and wanted to stop it. Before it came to a complete stop he dismounted the forklift, then realized it was not stopping and attempted to jump back onto the forklift.  His foot and ankle got jammed between the forklift and a metal pole resulting in foot and ankle fractures.

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