# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022032267` · 3/13/2022 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
- **Location:** 3045 New Tampa Hwy Building #18, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33815
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift backed into an employee who was cutting straps off a pallet. The forklift struck the employee's mid- to upper back; the employee developed back pain and was hospitalized.

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