# Open wounds, unspecified at Mid Continent Steel and Wire, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087954` · 8/18/2017 · POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid Continent Steel and Wire, Inc.
- **Location:** 2700 Central Avenue, POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI, 63901
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck by a load being carried by a forklift. He was knocked down and his foot was pinched by the load, suffering an open wound that required hospitalization and surgery.

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