# Fractures at DHL Supply Chain
> OSHA SIR `2017109442` · 10/2/2017 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Other structures, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DHL Supply Chain
- **Location:** 3000 Cantrell Samson Rd., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76131
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet jack with a battery extractor attachment to change out forklift batteries. The employee stepped off the back and was pinned between the pallet jack and a railing, fracturing both legs.

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