# Fractures at Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010148` · 1/5/2018 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
- **Location:** 6440 Oak Grove Rd., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76134
- **NAICS:** 339112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when he could not stop before running into a pole. He jumped off the pallet jack and his ankle was caught between the pallet jack and the pole, resulting in a compound fracture.

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