# Open wounds, unspecified at H-E-B GROCERY COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2021097643` · 9/6/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** H-E-B GROCERY COMPANY
- **Location:** 4995 Beechnut Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77096
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a trailer, using an electric pallet jack to realign a pallet of product that had shifted during shipment. The employee was caught between a pallet and the jack's handle; the employee suffered a laceration and/or puncture to the lower abdomen.

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