# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Veritiv Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017054613` · 5/22/2017 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Veritiv Corporation
- **Location:** 3900 Lima St, DENVER, COLORADO, 80239
- **NAICS:** 551112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a forklift to move pallets when he saw a box starting to fall. As he dismounted the forklift to catch the box, the forklift continued moving. His left foot was caught between the wooden pallet and the fork of the forklift, puncturing the skin and bone.

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