# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at Kroger Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `20211210798` · 12/16/2021 · KELLER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Kroger Distribution Center
- **Location:** 5801 Kroger Dr., KELLER, TEXAS, 76244
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a motorized pallet jack. While in reverse, the pallet jack power unit doors collided with the leg of a racking system, and the employee's knee was pinched. The employee sustained a laceration and a contusion to their left knee.

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