# Crushing injuries at TKO Polymers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022086740` · 8/1/2022 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TKO Polymers, LLC
- **Location:** 4215 Wendell Dr SW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30336
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Material was falling out of a truck's trailer. An employee went out to recover the fallen material. The truck then backed up and the employee's chest was crushed between the trailer and the loading dock.

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