# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025010304` · 1/9/2025 · MIDDLETOWN, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Automobile
- **Secondary source:** Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
## Employer
- **Name:** Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc.
- **Location:** 71 E Main Road, MIDDLETOWN, RHODE ISLAND, 02842
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was collecting and moving shopping carts in a parking lot. A car hit the carts, which fell onto the employee. The employee suffered an injured left leg that required surgery and hospitalization.

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