# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Metalplate Galvanizing, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2018054673` · 5/14/2018 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Metalplate Galvanizing, L.P.
- **Location:** 1120 39th Street North, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35234
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was talking to a forklift driver when the forklift reversed and struck the employee. The employee sustained a right ankle/foot injury that required hospitalization.

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