# Bruises, contusions at Waste Management Mobile Bay Environmental Center, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098160` · 9/5/2023 · MOUNT VERNON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
- **Source:** Tractor, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management Mobile Bay Environmental Center, Inc.
- **Location:** 17045 U.S. 43, MOUNT VERNON, ALABAMA, 36560
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to attach a rotary cutter to the tow hitch of a tractor to then bring it back to the shop. The tractor started to roll away. The employee went to get in the cab of the tractor to stop it from rolling but he tripped and fell. The left rear wheel of the tractor rolled over him. The employee was hospitalized with bruised ribs and shortness of breath.

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