# Fractures at Sanderson Farms, Inc - Production Division
> OSHA SIR `20161211638` · 12/14/2016 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanderson Farms, Inc - Production Division
- **Location:** 301 Aviation Parkway, WACO, TEXAS, 76705
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While securing cages to a trailer, an employee was struck by a reversing forklift, suffering fractured ribs.

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