# Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c. at Lava SCS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015085987` · 8/21/2015 · ELWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Lava SCS, LLC
- **Location:** 21151 Walter Strawn Drive, ELWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60421
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 21, 2015, an employee was scanning products on the dock when she was struck by an unstable load (boxed flat screen TVs) being transported by a forklift truck. Approximately 500 pounds fell on the employee, who sustained crushing injuries to her left ankle, ligament damage to her right ankle, and contusions to her lower body and both legs. She was hospitalized.

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