# Crushing injuries at Armstrong Flooring, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016065504` · 6/21/2016 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Armstrong Flooring, Inc.
- **Location:** 800 Loop  Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17603
- **NAICS:** 326192
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a stock picker, stocking a pallet, when carton(s) fell off the pallet and hit the employee, causing crushing injuries. The employee's arms were pinned to the arms of the seat and a carton/tiles hit the employee's leg.

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