# Fractures at Southeastern Food Merchandisers, LP
> OSHA SIR `2018065620` · 6/8/2018 · PELHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Battery-vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southeastern Food Merchandisers, LP
- **Location:** 203 Parker Drive, PELHAM, ALABAMA, 35124
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a forklift battery. The battery slipped from the device it was on, fell off the hoist and landed on the employee's left foot shattering it.

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