# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Westward Seafoods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065352` · 6/20/2022 · DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Westward Seafoods, Inc.
- **Location:** F/P Northern Victor, DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA, 99692
- **NAICS:** 311712
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was directing a co-worker to pick up a pallet with a forklift. The employee went into the operator's cab and assisted in moving the steering wheel. As the employee was exiting the cab area, the co-worker accidentally pressed on the gas, moving the forklift forward and pinning the employee between the forklift and a pole. The employee suffered a right upper thigh and hip injury.

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