# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Martinez Paving Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032592` · 3/15/2018 · LAREDO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Dirt, earth
## Employer
- **Name:** Martinez Paving Co., Inc.
- **Location:** Simon Bolivar Blvd &, LAREDO, TEXAS, 78045
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a road for asphalt paving when a nearby forklift operator put a forklift in neutral and exited the cabin. 
The forklift started to move forward and struck the employee, pinning him between it and a pile of soil. He injured his lower back and was hospitalized.

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