# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at New Albertson's, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016088132` · 8/30/2016 · PALATINE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
## Employer
- **Name:** New Albertson's, Inc.
- **Location:** Jewel Osco Store, PALATINE, ILLINOIS, 60067
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 8/30/16, an employee was delivering product to the store and suffered serious injury to his left thumb when backing up a powered pallet jack into the freezer and striking his thumb on the locking mechanism on the door.

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