# Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia at Shamrock Foods Company
> OSHA SIR `2020021083` · 2/3/2020 · COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Fruits, nuts, vegetables
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Shamrock Foods Company
- **Location:** 5199 Ivy St, COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO, 80022
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck by a 50-pound bag of onions while trying to free a stuck pallet on rolling racks. He suffered a spinal cord injury that caused paralysis.

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