# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Houston Mac Haik Dodge Chrysler Jeep LTD
> OSHA SIR `2024010035` · 1/2/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Passenger vehicle  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Houston Mac Haik Dodge Chrysler Jeep LTD
- **Location:** 11000 North Freeway, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77037
- **NAICS:** 811121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding a co-worker as they drove a vehicle onto a four post lift. The co-worker attempted to brake but hit the gas pedal instead, causing the vehicle to accelerate and pin the employee to a toolbox. The employee suffered injuries including a spinal fracture, cracked ribs, a lacerated spleen and a hematoma on right side of body that required hospitalization.

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