# Crushing injuries at COSTCO
> OSHA SIR `2015074441` · 7/8/2015 · MONROE TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** COSTCO
- **Location:** 10 COSTCO DRIVE, MONROE TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY, 08831
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack carrying three pallets of flour when she lost control of the pallet and ran into another forklift operator. She stuck her left foot out and sustained a crushing injury, requiring hospitalization.

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