# Crushing injuries at East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015052939` · 5/18/2015 · LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Posts, bollards, moorings
## Employer
- **Name:** East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 102 Deka Rd, LYON STATION, PENNSYLVANIA, 19536
- **NAICS:** 335912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a stack truck (PIT). He turned the truck in the wrong direction and struck a metal guardrail post. He had stuck his foot out of the truck before striking the post, and his foot was crushed between the truck and the post.

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