# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Exel Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025054446` · 5/11/2025 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle struck by falling or flying object(s), nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
## Employer
- **Name:** Exel Inc.
- **Location:** 9799 Heartland Court, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43217
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was sitting in a parked forklift while another forklift was moving two metal tire racks. The top rack was empty and the bottom rack contained tires. As the racks were being lowered to the ground, they fell and the top rack struck the injured employee. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations and a fracture to the left foot, and they required surgery.

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