# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Ikea
> OSHA SIR `2023010558` · 1/18/2023 · OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Ikea
- **Location:** 7500 South Ikea Way, OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN, 53154
- **NAICS:** 454110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 18, 2023, an employee was operating a pallet jack to move boxes when his hand slipped off the pallet jack and struck a box. The employee sustained a hand injury.

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