# Fractures at Gulf Winds International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010581` · 1/20/2022 · SEABROOK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Winds International, Inc.
- **Location:** 5300 State Highway 146, SEABROOK, TEXAS, 77586
- **NAICS:** 488510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee in a warehouse was walking behind a forklift that was backing up. The forklift's rear counterbalance struck the employee, causing them to fall to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a head injury and a fractured right tibia.

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