# Cuts, lacerations at The Sherwin-Williams Company
> OSHA SIR `2018021241` · 2/6/2018 · WHEELING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** The Sherwin-Williams Company
- **Location:** 1191 Wheeling Road, WHEELING, ILLINOIS, 60090
- **NAICS:** 444120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 6, 2018, an employee was operating a ride-along pallet jack when the employee's foot slipped off the pallet jack. The employee's ankle was then pinned between the pallet jack and a rack rail, suffering a laceration.

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