# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at L&W Supply Corp
> OSHA SIR `2024098322` · 9/7/2024 · CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian incidents involving motorized land vehicles, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
## Employer
- **Name:** L&W Supply Corp
- **Location:** 645 Commercial Park, CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA, 33991
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on industrial steel shelving conducting inventory. A forklift struck a beam of a shelf, knocked the shelf out of position, and caused the employee to fall 15 feet to the surface below. The employee sustained a concussion and a laceration to the left side of the head, fractured ribs, and a contusion to the left hip.

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