# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Delea Sod Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025021223` · 2/7/2025 · EAST NORTHPORT, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from moving vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Other plants, vegetation
## Employer
- **Name:** Delea Sod Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 444 Elwood Road, EAST NORTHPORT, NEW YORK, 11731
- **NAICS:** 444220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a truck-mounted forklift to unload sod from a flatbed trailer. The weight of the load caused the machine to tilt forward, causing him to fall out of his seat. The employee sustained a laceration to his head and right shin and scraped his left shin.

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