# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Valley Gin Company
> OSHA SIR `2021032265` · 3/16/2021 · TORNILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Valley Gin Company
- **Location:** 701 O.T. Smith Rd., TORNILLO, TEXAS, 79853
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to stack cotton bales for transport. Two of the bales fell and struck the employee, causing head, rib, and pelvis injuries.

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