# Crushing injuries at Shaw Industries Group, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023109168` · 10/4/2023 · PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Shaw Industries Group, Inc
- **Location:** 445 Northport Pkwy, PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA, 31407
- **NAICS:** 314110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a standup forklift and following a training mentor that was operating another lift truck. The vehicle in front stopped and as the employee went to move out of the way, their left foot was crushed against the stopped forklift.

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