# Fractures at Waste Eliminator, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129719` · 12/24/2015 · NORCROSS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Tractor, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Eliminator, Inc.
- **Location:** 3025 Jones Mill Road, NORCROSS, GEORGIA, 30071
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking between a trailer and a tractor. The tractor driver was unaware of the employee and backed up to connect to the trailer. The employee was pinned between the tractor and trailer resulting in fractured ribs, a fractured jaw, and a fractured shoulder.

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