# Fractures at Sam's East Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019011065` · 1/29/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sam's East Inc.
- **Location:** 12205 West Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77065
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out a battery with another employee. They were lifting the battery out of a forklift with a battery changer when the battery changer hit the injured employee's ankle and broke it. The injured employee was hospitalized.

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