# Bruises, contusions at Ozark Empire Distributors
> OSHA SIR `2018032164` · 3/4/2018 · ROGERS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Ozark Empire Distributors
- **Location:** 2301 S 1st St, ROGERS, ARKANSAS, 72758
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and his colleagues were relocating a dough extruder with a forklift. While they were placing the extruder on a rolling platform, the extruder tipped and fell on the employee, who suffered a lower back contusion.

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