# Sprains and other injuries, n.e.c. at Hellman Electric Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016109733` · 10/15/2016 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone
- **Source:** SUV, sports utility vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Hellman Electric Corporation
- **Location:** 58th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10022
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was watching for oncoming traffic while a fellow worker was installing wiring on a light pole. The employee was struck by a motor vehicle that was driving illegally in reverse down a one way street in the wrong direction. The employee sustained a sprained right ankle, contusions to the left hip, thigh and forearm and lacerations to the left side of the face.

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