# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Sanderson Farms, Inc. - Laurel Processing
> OSHA SIR `2024032081` · 3/6/2024 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanderson Farms, Inc. - Laurel Processing
- **Location:** 2535 Sanderson Drive, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39440
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking back to the office when a forklift backing up with a load struck her in the right leg, resulting in a laceration.

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