# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at BARNES & NOBLE
> OSHA SIR `2023099042` · 9/29/2023 · MONROE TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Packages, parcels
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** BARNES & NOBLE
- **Location:** 1 BARNES & NOBLE WAY, MONROE TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY, 08831
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A 30-pound package fell off a storage rack, hitting a cherry picker then striking the employee standing at the end of an aisle in the head and neck.

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