# Fractures at Octopus Car Wash Plant City, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043022` · 4/3/2017 · PLANT CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Automobile
## Employer
- **Name:** Octopus Car Wash Plant City, Inc.
- **Location:** 1503 S Collins St, PLANT CITY, FLORIDA, 33563
- **NAICS:** 811192
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A customer brought a car with transmission issues in to be washed. The car went through the car wash and an employee pulled the car forward and put it in park, but the car was actually in drive due to the malfunctioning transmission. The car moved forward and struck another employee fracturing his left leg.

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