# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at US Foods
> OSHA SIR `2022065435` · 6/22/2022 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## 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:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** US Foods
- **Location:** 7004 East Hanna Avenue, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33610
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a stand-up forklift to move pallets in a warehouse. As he was backing up the lift, it made contact with a pallet that had a splintered piece of wood, which punctured his left calf. He was hospitalized.

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