# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at U.S Department of the Interior- U.S Geological Survey
> OSHA SIR `2025032715` · 3/21/2025 · SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Automobile
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S Department of the Interior- U.S Geological Survey
- **Location:** 712 Front Street, SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, 95060
- **NAICS:** 541690
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee had just delivered a package at a local FedEx office and was walking back to his vehicle in the parking lot. Another vehicle backed out of a parking spot and pinned the employee between their vehicle and another parked vehicle. The employee's lower right leg was crushed, and they were hospitalized.

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