# Crushing injuries at Merit Logistics
> OSHA SIR `2020032688` · 3/23/2020 · BLUE ASH, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Merit Logistics
- **Location:** 6300 Creek Road, BLUE ASH, OHIO, 45242
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing the dock locks on a trailer when the trailer moved, causing the employee to slip and get caught between the trailer and the dock. The trailer then rolled back and caused a crushing injury to the employee's head.

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