# Crushing injuries at Vehtek Systems Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231110560` · 11/15/2023 · BOWLING GREEN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Vehtek Systems Inc.
- **Location:** 2125 Wood-Bridge Blvd., BOWLING GREEN, OHIO, 43402
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 15, 2023, at 11:30 PM, an employee was walking through the facility. He went through a gate and went a further 2 or 3 steps when his right foot was run over by a forklift. The employee's foot was crushed and required hospitalization and surgery.

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