# Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at Moesle Meat Distribution LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025066307` · 6/30/2025 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet)  excluding toes
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Moesle Meat Distribution LLC
- **Location:** 5115 S Millard Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60632
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A warehouse employee was operating a forklift in the freezer area. While making a turn, the forklift slid on condensation that had accumulated on the freezer floor. The forklift struck a yellow pole that designates the exit path and the employee s left heel became caught between the forklift and the yellow pole, resulting in a heel pad avulsion, or rupture of the heel fat pad. The employee's injury required surgery and hospitalization.

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