# Bruises, contusions at Walt's Food Centers
> OSHA SIR `2020098475` · 9/5/2020 · HOMEWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Walt's Food Centers
- **Location:** 2345 W. 183rd St., HOMEWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60430
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a loaded pallet jack. While exiting a trailer onto an elevated dock lift, momentum from the load caused the front wheels to go off the dock lift. The employee then jumped, or fell off, and sustained a bruised knee.

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