# Multiple surface and flesh wounds at EMPIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20241110364` · 11/6/2024 · AUSTELL, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple surface and flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine platforms, surfaces
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** EMPIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
- **Location:** 685 Hartman Road, AUSTELL, GEORGIA, 30168
- **NAICS:** 424820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 6, 2024, an employee was loading a portable hand truck with cases of beverages into the back of his truck. While exiting the truck, he slipped and fell on the ramp and the hand truck struck his pelvis, causing lacerations and bruises. The employee was hospitalized.

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