# Fractures at Tern Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043624` · 4/25/2024 · CONYERS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Other semi, tractor-trailer
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Tern Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 1525 Old Covington Rd. NE, CONYERS, GEORGIA, 30013
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was between the rear of a trailer truck and the loading dock it had just been backed up to. The truck moved backward and the employee was caught between the trailer and the dock, suffering five broken ribs on the right side.

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