# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Smith Packing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231110479` · 11/14/2023 · UTICA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smith Packing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 105-125 Washington Street, UTICA, NEW YORK, 13502
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 14, 2023, an employee was standing at a loading dock, with one foot on the back of a truck and one foot on the lift gate, when the truck pulled away from the dock. The employee flew 6 feet and fell to the concrete floor, suffering injuries to the head, left eye (broken blood vessels), right thumb (dislocation), and back. The employee was hospitalized.

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