# Bruises, contusions at America's Auto Auction
> OSHA SIR `2024065449` · 6/19/2024 · BUDA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Pickup truck
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle or mobile equipment failure
## Employer
- **Name:** America's Auto Auction
- **Location:** 16611 S IH 35 Frontage Rd, BUDA, TEXAS, 78610
- **NAICS:** 423110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was reaching for the hood latch in the front of a pickup truck when it was starting and the clutch failed, causing it to lurch forward. The brush guard struck his left hip and pinned him between the truck and a car. The employee sustained bruises to both legs.

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