# Crushing injuries at Americhem, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109812` · 10/12/2017 · CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Americhem, Inc.
- **Location:** 155 East Steels Corners Road, CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO, 44224
- **NAICS:** 325180
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a powered industrial pallet jack when the employee's foot came off the platform and was crushed between the vehicle and a guard rail.

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