# Cuts, lacerations at Rue 21
> OSHA SIR `2016021098` · 2/4/2016 · WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Rue 21
- **Location:** 491 Park Drive, WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26062
- **NAICS:** 448190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 4, 2016, at approximately 4:00pm, an employee was operating a Ryder pallet jack in a 9'10" wide aisle way.  He passed a second employee operating another pallet jack in the opposite direction.  The load of pallets on the second employee's pallet jack struck a guardrail causing a pallet to fall onto the employee and lacerate his right calf.

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