# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043215` · 4/7/2025 · LITHONIA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
## Employer
- **Name:** Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
- **Location:** 1783 Lithonia Industrial Blvd, LITHONIA, GEORGIA, 30058
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a standing forklift and turning down an aisle when the forklift struck a racking post and his left leg was pinned between the forklift and the post. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the leg and required surgery.

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