# Fractures at Big Lots Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2016109966` · 10/23/2016 · MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Lots Distribution Center
- **Location:** 2855 Selma Highway, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36108
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While performing warehouse stocking operations, an employee stacked merchandise on a heavy load pallet onto a light load pallet with a forklift when the stack tipped over. When he got off the forklift to try and stabilize the heavy pallet, the stacked pallets fell on him and fractured his left ankle.

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