# Crushing injuries at OWENS & MINOR INC.
> OSHA SIR `20181213015` · 12/19/2018 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** OWENS & MINOR INC.
- **Location:** 7437 INDUSTRIAL BLVD, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18106
- **NAICS:** 423450
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped into an aisle and was struck by a powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The PIV pinned his foot to a guardrail/toe board. The employee's foot was crushed.

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