# Cuts, lacerations at Community Coffee Company
> OSHA SIR `2023098474` · 9/13/2023 · PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Community Coffee Company
- **Location:** 2150 Commercial Drive, PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA, 70767
- **NAICS:** 311920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was observing a temporary employee for hands-on certification of a standup forklift. The temporary employee was backing down the aisle when the forklift pinned the injured employee against the upright of a warehouse rack. The injured employee sustained a laceration to an eye, and hematomas to their chest and foot.

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