# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Fedex
> OSHA SIR `2024032363` · 3/15/2024 · WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## 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:** Fedex
- **Location:** 540 Airport Road, WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND, 02886
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A warehouse employee was scanning packages that were transported by a forklift when she was struck by a reversing forklift. She fell down and the forklift's left rear tire went over the top of the employee's lower extremities, crushing her legs. Her legs were bruised and muscles were damaged. The employee was hospitalized.

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