# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Saia LTL Freight
> OSHA SIR `2024098632` · 9/16/2024 · LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Saia LTL Freight
- **Location:** 3840 Highway 397, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 70615
- **NAICS:** 488490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unstrapping a pallet. Another pallet (weighing 560 pounds) fell, striking the employee. The employee sustained injuries to his head, arms, ribs, back and pelvic area.

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