# Cuts, lacerations at Packaging Dynamics
> OSHA SIR `2019043711` · 4/10/2019 · BOHEMIA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Packaging Dynamics
- **Location:** 35B Carlo Rd., BOHEMIA, NEW YORK, 11716
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was raising a pallet jack when the pedal kicked back, striking the employee on the shin causing a cut and severe swelling.

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