# Cuts, lacerations at Super Valu
> OSHA SIR `20171010135` · 10/22/2017 · INDIANOLA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Super Valu
- **Location:** 301 N. Martin Luther King Drive, INDIANOLA, MISSISSIPPI, 38751
- **NAICS:** 452910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a forklift when it struck a pallet and a rack, which dislodged a metal bar. This bar struck and lacerated the employee's left thigh, rupturing a blood vessel.

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