# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at UNFI DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022021643` · 2/21/2022 · URBANA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** UNFI DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, LLC
- **Location:** 2611 N. Lincoln Ave., URBANA, ILLINOIS, 61801
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 21, 2022, an employee was standing on the forks of a pallet jack to retrieve an empty pallet from a chest-high stack of pallets. The employee stepped backward, tripped over the fork, and fell. The empty pallet landed on the employee's right leg, causing an injury that required hospitalization and surgery.

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