# Cuts and abrasions or bruises at Ames Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161111190` · 11/30/2016 · HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts and abrasions or bruises
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Buckets, baskets, pails
## Employer
- **Name:** Ames Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1500 Cameron Street, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17104
- **NAICS:** 332212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift operator was driving in reverse and making a right-hand turn when he collided with a 4,000-pound steel parts basket. The basket was pushed into a nearby employee who was operating a press, pinching him between the basket and the power press. He suffered a right buttock laceration and right leg contusion.

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