# Cuts, lacerations at IKEA US WEST, INC
> OSHA SIR `2015119835` · 11/14/2015 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** IKEA US WEST, INC
- **Location:** 1 IKEA Way, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63110
- **NAICS:** 442299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a turn while driving a motorized pallet jack in the Textiles area of the store and their left foot was pinned between the pallet jack and a steel column causing an ankle laceration.

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