# Crushing injuries at Fedex Freight
> OSHA SIR `2018043899` · 4/23/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Fedex Freight
- **Location:** 9010 Jack Rabbit Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77095
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went inside a truck trailer while it was being loaded by a forklift. The forklift operator did not see the employee and turned the forklift in a way that smashed the employee's left hand between the forklift and the side wall of the trailer.

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