# Crushing injuries at Smithfield Packaged Meat Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2018043524` · 4/12/2018 · EDWARDSVILLE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Packaged Meat Corp.
- **Location:** 2350 S 98th St, EDWARDSVILLE, KANSAS, 66111
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a reach forklift and was traveling down an aisle when he lost control of the lift and turned into a racking upright, crushing his left ankle.

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