# Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Farad Concrete Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025054678` · 5/19/2025 · EAST NORWICH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Cement and concrete mixer trucks
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Farad Concrete Corporation
- **Location:** James H. Vernon School, EAST NORWICH, NEW YORK, 11732
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was signaling to assist a concrete mixer truck out of a tight space. As the truck backed up, the employee was between the truck's right rear bumper and a trash container. During its maneuvering the truck's right rear swung right and the employee was struck by the bumper in the lower right side of his chest, resulting in a pressure injury to his chest and liver. The employee was hospitalized.

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