# Multiple surface and flesh wounds at Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024098549` · 9/13/2024 · ARCADIA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple surface and flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC
- **Location:** One Ashley Way, ARCADIA, WISCONSIN, 54612
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 13, 2024, the injured employee was walking through an aisle where a co-worker was removing pallets from the racking system using an order picker. The corner of a pallet being moved contacted the corner of a skid next to it, causing two empty pallets to fall 12 to 16 feet from the racking onto the injured employee. The employee sustained a laceration and contusions to the back of their head and left shoulder.

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