# Fractures and other injuries, unspecified at Lehigh Hanson
> OSHA SIR `2020098645` · 9/11/2020 · PALMERTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Lehigh Hanson
- **Location:** 200 Delaware Avenue, PALMERTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18071
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was flagging drivers in a work zone on a public highway. He was struck by a spray truck that was moving in reverse while applying tar during a tar and chip paving operation. The employee suffered trauma to the left side, broken vertebrae, a punctured lung, and trauma to internal organs.

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