# Avulsions, enucleations at Restaurant Depot
> OSHA SIR `2017021811` · 2/26/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Restaurant Depot
- **Location:** 1431 W 20th St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77008
- **NAICS:** 423440
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 26, 2017, an employee was driving a forklift and was turning around in a small area. There was another forklift that was non-operable in the same area. The employee backed up the forklift and struck the forks of the non-operable forklift. The forks penetrated the employee's right heel and tore tissue from the bone.

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