# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Genesis Industrial Staffing Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019089006` · 8/29/2019 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Genesis Industrial Staffing Inc.
- **Location:** Alabama State Dock/Seaonus Cargo and Motion (Patriot Tort, Inc.), MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36602
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift operator was loading chicken products onto a crane going to a vessel's freezer area when he struck an employee who was on the dry dock. The forklift's fork punctured the injured employee's right calf and pinned the employee between the forklift and a wood pier piling on the dock.

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