# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Walthall Oil Company
> OSHA SIR `2023021484` · 2/16/2023 · FLAGLER BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Walthall Oil Company
- **Location:** 711 John Anderson Highway, FLAGLER BEACH, FLORIDA, 32136
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A truck driver was delivering fuel to a vendor and got stuck in mud in the yard. The employee attached his tractor trailer to a front-end loader to free it from the mud. The front-end loader reversed and the employee was crushed between both vehicles. The employee sustained broken ribs, a broken humerus, a kidney injury, and an open wound.

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