# Fractures at Gerdau Macsteel
> OSHA SIR `2017010811` · 1/26/2017 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerdau Macsteel
- **Location:** 5225 Planters Rd, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72916
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck by a pallet on a forklift that was being operated in the area where he was working. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

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