# Cuts, lacerations at Fedex Ground
> OSHA SIR `20191212890` · 12/16/2019 · SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fedex Ground
- **Location:** 4325 Executive Dr., SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI, 38672
- **NAICS:** 561990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an electric pallet jack to position a load near a conveyor when the employee ran into the conveyor, suffering a left leg laceration that required surgery.

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