# Crushing injuries at National Gypsum Company
> OSHA SIR `2015096698` · 9/14/2015 · WESTWEGO, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** National Gypsum Company
- **Location:** 10 Louisiana St, WESTWEGO, LOUISIANA, 70094
- **NAICS:** 327420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet lift device in reverse. The employee jammed the left foot between the fork truck housing and the loaded pallet behind.

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