# Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs at American West Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021010384` · 1/14/2021 · PARKER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Tractor, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American West Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 16650 Cottonwood Drive, PARKER, COLORADO, 80134
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was demonstrating the procedure for attaching a disk tiller to a tractor. The tractor backed up suddenly and pinned the employee against the disk tiller. The employee suffered a skull fracture with brain swelling, a collapsed lung, and broken ribs.

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