# Crushing injuries at DOT FOODS, INC
> OSHA SIR `2021119840` · 11/12/2021 · MOUNT STERLING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** DOT FOODS, INC
- **Location:** 1 DOT WAY, MOUNT STERLING, ILLINOIS, 62353
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing in a warehouse next to a pallet, waiting for someone to get a pallet of product for him. A forklift struck the employee and crushed his leg.

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