# Bruises, contusions at Thermo Fisher Scientific
> OSHA SIR `2021032707` · 3/31/2021 · NAZARETH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## 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:** Thermo Fisher Scientific
- **Location:** 6771 Silver Crest Rd, NAZARETH, PENNSYLVANIA, 18064
- **NAICS:** 423490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 9:30 a.m. on March 31, 2021, an employee was backing an order picker through a narrow aisle, carrying empty pallets. The top few pallets struck a box, then struck the uprights of the high rack, and then struck the employee's left leg and pinned it against the order picker. The employee suffered severe contusions.

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