# Crushing injuries at United States Cold Storage
> OSHA SIR `2020065523` · 6/13/2020 · LAREDO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## 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:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Cold Storage
- **Location:** 1602 Island Street, LAREDO, TEXAS, 78041
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a forklift down an enclosed corridor when the forklift struck a steel rack.  The employee's left foot was crushed between the forklift and the steel rack.

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