# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Hertz
> OSHA SIR `2024053915` · 5/5/2024 · EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Passenger vehicle  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Hertz
- **Location:** 156 Tomahawk Drive, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02128
- **NAICS:** 532112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the trunk of a vehicle to prepare it for another customer. A vehicle was entering the cleaning area and struck them from behind. The employee was hospitalized with crush injuries.

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