# Cuts, lacerations at VI-JON LABORATORIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018021776` · 2/21/2018 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** VI-JON LABORATORIES, INC.
- **Location:** 8515 PAGE AVENUE, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63114
- **NAICS:** 325620
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a standup forklift and dismounting from the back of it when the heel of his boot was caught underneath the forklift, cutting his left heel severely. The forklift had not come to a complete stop at the time.

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