# Fractures at Pelican Waste
> OSHA SIR `2023010811` · 1/25/2023 · HOUMA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pelican Waste
- **Location:** 120 Presque Isle, HOUMA, LOUISIANA, 70363
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a foot stand on the side of a garbage truck. As he stepped back and off the stand, an oncoming vehicle struck his left side, resulting in fractures to his face and pelvis.

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