# Fractures at HEB Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2017076641` · 7/18/2017 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** HEB Distribution Center
- **Location:** 4710 N PanAm Expressway, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78218
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating and moving a powered pallet jack when the employee's right ankle was caught between the pallet jack and a guardrail. The employee suffered a fractured right ankle, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

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