# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022109526` · 10/31/2022 · SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
- **Location:** 2929 Stateline Road, SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI, 38671
- **NAICS:** 424410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling products from a storage rack when a damaged cardboard box collapsed, causing a pallet full of product to fall approximately 15 feet. The 700-pound pallet struck the left side of the employee's body, resulting in an injury to the left shoulder and hip.

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