# Strains at Estes Express Lines Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2021076319` · 7/29/2021 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Strains
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Estes Express Lines Corp.
- **Location:** 7000 NW 60TH ST., MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33166
- **NAICS:** 488490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading pallets of merchandise inside a parked trailer using a forklift. An operator attached his mule to the parked trailer and drove about 10 to 15 feet from the bay deck at the same time as the forklift operator was placing a pallet of merchandise inside the trailer. The employee and the forklift fell to the ground and the employee was hospitalized for a back strain.

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