# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Big lots Store #1603
> OSHA SIR `2019099243` · 9/5/2019 · EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Shopping cart, grocery carriage-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Big lots Store #1603
- **Location:** 940 Silver Lane, Suite D1, EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06118
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was outside of the store, at the loading dock, receiving a shipment of shopping carts. The carts were packaged on a pallet, handle side down. When the carts were separated, they shifted and pushed the employee off the loading dock. He landed on his left side, striking his shoulder, head, and hip.

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