# Crushing injuries at YRC Freight
> OSHA SIR `2016032503` · 3/23/2016 · COPLEY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** YRC Freight
- **Location:** 1275 OH Avenue, COPLEY, OHIO, 44321
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about 3/23/2016, an employee was unloading a truck when a coworker operating a PIV backed into him, pinning him between the PIV and another PIV. He suffered a crushing injury to the left knee and leg.

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