# Fractures at Unispace
> OSHA SIR `2020010925` · 1/28/2020 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Manlifts
## Employer
- **Name:** Unispace
- **Location:** 420 5th Ave., NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10018
- **NAICS:** 541410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was working on a ramp behind a manlift. As the manlift was going up the ramp it began to roll back. The employee operating the manlift applied the brakes, but nothing happed. The injured employee was pinned between the manlift and the wall and fractured the right leg.

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