# Cuts, lacerations at PetCo Animal Supplies
> OSHA SIR `2015118334` · 11/5/2015 · CRANBURY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** PetCo Animal Supplies
- **Location:** 257 Prospect Plains Rd., CRANBURY, NEW JERSEY, 08512
- **NAICS:** 453910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the forklift and suddenly lost control. During impact, the operator was struck in the ankle by a piece of wooden pallet. The employee was bleeding profusely.

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