# Cuts, lacerations at ABF Freight
> OSHA SIR `2017021855` · 2/28/2017 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** ABF Freight
- **Location:** 1940 PA-309, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18104
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift operator was checking the security of his load when he hit his head on one of the forklift tines, resulting in a head laceration and neck trauma. The employee was hospitalized.

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