# Bruises, contusions at International Vitamin Company
> OSHA SIR `2015075238` · 7/30/2015 · FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** International Vitamin Company
- **Location:** 500 Halls Mill Rd, FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY, 07728
- **NAICS:** 325411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a motorized pallet jack when he bumped into a stack of adjacent pallets. The pallets fell on him, causing contusions to his head, arms, legs, and hands.

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