# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Findlay Tall Timbers Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `20241110392` · 11/7/2024 · FOSTORIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Findlay Tall Timbers Distribution Center
- **Location:** 130 West Jones Road, FOSTORIA, OHIO, 44830
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 7, 2024, two employees parked their forklifts and exchanged propane tanks, then returned to their forklifts. The injured employee was outside of their forklift to turn the valve on the propane tank when the other employee began reversing their forklift. The injured employee's right leg was crushed between the counterbalances of the forklifts and the employee was hospitalized.

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