# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Carter Lumber
> OSHA SIR `2024043767` · 4/30/2024 · MEDFORD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Doors  swinging and sliding
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Carter Lumber
- **Location:** 148 Route 70 East, MEDFORD, NEW JERSEY, 08055
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was assisting a forklift operator in the preparation a load of solid core doors for a customer. The injured employee was standing on the platform where the doors were placed for transport and the forklift operator began to move the load. The load shifted and the employee was struck and caught between the solid core doors. The employee sustained a fractured rib and pneumothorax.

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