# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Horizon Global
> OSHA SIR `20191112140` · 11/22/2019 · EDGERTON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## 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:** Shelves, shelving
## Employer
- **Name:** Horizon Global
- **Location:** 32901 W 193rd St, EDGERTON, KANSAS, 66021
- **NAICS:** 541614
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a stand-up reach truck when it struck shelving and he was caught between the reach truck and a fixed shelving unit. The employee sustained a pelvic injury and a hernia.

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