# Crushing injuries at ECO RECYCLING SYSTEMS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015053157` · 5/26/2015 · BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** ECO RECYCLING SYSTEMS, INC.
- **Location:** 195 Mulberry Street, BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02302
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing at a forklift removing the propane tank when a front-end loader backed into him.  His hip and back were crushed and he was hospitalized.

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