# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Abbvie, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098761` · 9/19/2024 · NORTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
## Employer
- **Name:** Abbvie, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Waukegan Road AP5, NORTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60064
- **NAICS:** 446110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 19, 2024, at 8:10 a.m., an employee was operating a powered industrial truck (PIT) with no load when they contacted the base of a vertical material racking system. Upon contacting the racking system, the employee became pinned between a horizontal cross-beam and the operator booth of the PIT. The employee suffered a pelvic fracture and internal bleeding that required hospitalization.

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