# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Pallets Associates, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211750` · 12/11/2017 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Pallets Associates, Inc.
- **Location:** 2750 N. Ardenwood, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70811
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling a trailer away from a dock when the dock plate became stuck between the trailer and dock. The employee then used an aluminum pipe to dislodge the dock plate. It fell and struck him, pinning his right leg to the wall of the dock.

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