# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Wayne Farms LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021053742` · 5/6/2021 · JACK, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Wayne Farms LLC
- **Location:** 1020 County Road 114, JACK, ALABAMA, 36346
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a powered pallet jack and began to walk backward. After several steps, he backed into a support beam for poultry processing equipment. The load then moved forward and the handle of the pallet jack struck the employee's abdomen. The employee's stomach was injured and he required surgery.

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