# Cuts, lacerations at HEB Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2021098272` · 9/24/2021 · SAN MARCOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** HEB Distribution Center
- **Location:** 2301 Hunter Road, SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, 78666
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift carrying a raised load. The forklift struck a structure above it in a warehouse. It fell over and landed on the employee, who suffered a laceration to an artery in the inner thigh.

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