# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Midwest Paper Group
> OSHA SIR `2018054663` · 5/14/2018 · COMBINED LOCKS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Paper Group
- **Location:** 540 Prospect St., COMBINED LOCKS, WISCONSIN, 54113
- **NAICS:** 322110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to unload a trailer of pulp material when the forklift struck a dock plate as he was backing out of the trailer. The forklift abruptly stopped, which caused the employee to suffer neck and back injuries.

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