# Crushing injuries at Merchants Foodservice
> OSHA SIR `20161110524` · 11/8/2016 · TIFTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Merchants Foodservice
- **Location:** 7833 Magnolia Industrial Boulevard, TIFTON, GEORGIA, 31794
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left foot was crushed and lacerated between a forklift and a shelving guardrail as he stepped off the lift. The forklift was moving at the time.

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