# Fractures at JLG Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054248` · 5/10/2017 · SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** JLG Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 560 Walnut Bottom Road, SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17257
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the back of a tractor-trailer for obstructions. The tractor-trailer driver lost sight of the employee while backing up and struck him. He suffered a broken leg, two broken ribs, and a road rash injury to the scalp.

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