# Cuts, lacerations at Metal Mart/McElroy Metals
> OSHA SIR `20181212738` · 12/12/2018 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Metal Mart/McElroy Metals
- **Location:** 1518 Interstate 35, WACO, TEXAS, 76705
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to get back onto a forklift when his leg was smashed between the forklift's side and a support column. His left hip and thigh were lacerated, and he was hospitalized.

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