# Fractures at Alligator Towing & Recovery, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043561` · 4/20/2017 · FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Automobile
- **Secondary source:** Tow truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Alligator Towing & Recovery, Inc.
- **Location:** State Road 82 and Park, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33906
- **NAICS:** 488410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bringing a car onto a flatbed tow truck using a winch system when the truck slipped from the winch and hit the employee on the left side of the body. The employee suffered fractured ribs and was hospitalized.

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