# Crushing injuries at Grocers Supply Company
> OSHA SIR `2015129062` · 12/1/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Grocers Supply Company
- **Location:** 3000 Holcomb Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77221
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up trash and polishing bollards at the loading dock.  A coworker was also using the same dock to load groceries into a freight trailer. The coworker was using a standup forklift and did not see the employee. When the employee stepped out of the bollard area, the coworker's forklift ran over and crushed his left foot.

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