# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Kroger Store #538
> OSHA SIR `2020076364` · 7/8/2020 · PICKERINGTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ear(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger Store #538
- **Location:** 1045 Hill Rd North, PICKERINGTON, OHIO, 43147
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a pallet of product with a power jack. After the pallet jack was removed from the pallet, the pallet of product became unstable and cases of product fell onto the employee, injuring one of the employee's ears.

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