# Crushing injuries at Tops Markets Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2017021142` · 2/5/2017 · LANCASTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Tops Markets Distribution Center
- **Location:** 5873 Genesee Street, LANCASTER, NEW YORK, 14086
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a jack to pick cases and place them on pallets when he moved his jack to avoid a nearby coworker. As he moved to the left, his left ankle became pinned between the riding platform of the jack and some warehouse racking. His left ankle was crushed and required hospitalization.

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