# Crushing injuries at Stop and Shop Supermarkets
> OSHA SIR `2021010690` · 1/26/2021 · ASSONET, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Stop and Shop Supermarkets
- **Location:** 161 South Main Street, ASSONET, MASSACHUSETTS, 02702
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was backing up an electric pallet jack to move out of the way of another associate. The employee's right foot was then caught between his pallet jack and a pallet that was on a stopped pallet jack in front of him. The employee sustained a crushing injury to the right lower leg.

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