# Dislocation of joints at MIDWESTERN PET FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017043564` · 4/20/2017 · MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocation of joints
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** MIDWESTERN PET FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 617 S D Street, MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS, 61462
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding a forklift operator through the warehouse with a work platform when the work platform became caught on a pallet of animal food and slid off of the forks of the forklift and on top of the employee. The employee suffered a dislocated left shoulder and possible shoulder fracture.

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