# Soreness, swelling, inflammation at Home Market Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076582` · 7/19/2024 · NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, swelling, inflammation
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s)  unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Market Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 140 Morgan Drive, NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02062
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a trailer using a stand-up forklift. While backing out of the trailer onto the loading dock, he was struck on the lower left leg and foot by a pallet, being carried by another powered industrial truck. He suffered an injury that caused swelling in the leg, though no bones were broken.

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