# Cuts, lacerations at TMC Transportation, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065157` · 6/14/2022 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** TMC Transportation, Inc.
- **Location:** Lowes #1720, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33404
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a trailer to push a pallet onto foam so a forklift could pick it up. The employee stepped backward off the trailer when their leg fell between the drive tire and mud flap, resulting in a laceration to the knee and calf.

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