# Avulsions, enucleations at KROGER
> OSHA SIR `2018044093` · 4/27/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** KROGER
- **Location:** 701 GELLHORN, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 27, 2018, at approximately 11:50 PM a forklift operator attempted to pass another employee who was on a standup forklift moving product. The forklift operator bumped the standup forklift platform as the back end of the forklift swung out and the standup forklift struck a rack where the injured employee's left calf was pinched between the rack and the standup forklift resulting in an avulsion injury to the left calf.

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