# Cuts, lacerations at Amazon.com LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018010376` · 1/12/2018 · WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Guardrails, road dividers
## Employer
- **Name:** Amazon.com LLC
- **Location:** 1750 Bridge Drive, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, 60085
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a forklift in reverse when it abruptly accelerated and he lost control. He struck a guardrail/walkway barrier, pinning and lacerating his lower left leg between the guardrail and the forklift. He was hospitalized.

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