# Bruises, contusions at Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065078` · 6/5/2017 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
- **Location:** 10205 NW 19 Street Suite, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33172
- **NAICS:** 541614
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a standing reach forklift to load cargo into a rack when he reversed the forklift and drove into/under a rack. He was pinned between the forklift and the rack shelf, suffering muscular bruising.

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