# Bruises, contusions at Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021098340` · 9/27/2021 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 3900 Blake Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80205
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to unload containers from a truck. The forklift had to be pulled out of the trailer by another vehicle using a tow strap. As the employee was removing the tow strap, the other vehicle backed up, and the employee's forearm was pinned between the forklift and the truck. The employee suffered a contusion to the forearm.

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