# Fractures at Veritiv
> OSHA SIR `20241110869` · 11/21/2024 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Veritiv
- **Location:** 4507 Eagle Falls Dr., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33619
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was off his forklift, picking a product off a pallet to load for a customer. Another employee was driving a forklift down the aisle and bumped into the injured employee's forklift. As a result, the injured employee was pushed into the pallets, and he sustained broken ribs and a laceration to his hip.

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