# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Lewis Tree Service Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025043856` · 4/24/2025 · JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in road work zone
- **Source:** Pickup truck
- **Secondary source:** Avoiding moving object in path of travel
## Employer
- **Name:** Lewis Tree Service Inc
- **Location:** 1643 FM 177, JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS, 75766
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A tree trimming crew had established a roadside work zone. The injured employee was standing off the highway in a grassy area. A pickup truck was driving through the work zone when it swerved off the road to avoid colliding with a slower truck in front of it and struck the injured employee. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to their abdominal area and wrist.

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