# Fractures at Allocco Recycling, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2022109245` · 10/21/2022 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Allocco Recycling, Ltd.
- **Location:** 540 Kingsland Ave, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11222
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was directing traffic at a workplace entrance. A truck struck the employee as it backed up, breaking the employee's leg.

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