# Crushing injuries at Hardwood Specialty Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054506` · 5/17/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Hardwood Specialty Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 7885 North Court Road Suite 800, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77040
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking down an aisle to fill a customer order when a forklift backed up and ran over his right foot, crushing it. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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