# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Connecticut Distributors, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2021075405` · 7/1/2021 · STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Connecticut Distributors, Incorporated
- **Location:** 333 Lordship Boulevard, STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06615
- **NAICS:** 424820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A powered industrial truck (PIT) operator was speaking to another employee and looked over their right shoulder in order to back up. While backing up, the PIT struck the other employee resulting in fractures, a torn rotator cuff, a crushed right foot, a leg laceration that required stitches, and the loss of the nail on their big toe.

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