# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at US Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021119781` · 11/11/2021 · FAIRBURN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** US Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 7950 Spencer Road, FAIRBURN, GEORGIA, 30213
- **NAICS:** 722310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee operating an electric pallet jack went to turn in an aisle at the same time a forklift operator carrying empty pallets was turning into the aisle. The pallet jack and the forklift collided and a piece of wood from the pallets got stuck in the employee's left calf, resulting in hospitalization.

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