# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at 48forty Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2024010633` · 1/22/2024 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Variable restraint containers  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** 48forty Solutions
- **Location:** 4201 Grand Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15225
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee began his shift by turning on a pallet stacking machine so that the hydraulics could warm up. The machine then ejected a stack of pallets. As the employee was walking around the outfeed conveyor to turn on additional machines, he was struck by the falling stack of 21 pallets. The employee suffered a neck injury that required surgery.

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