# Bruises, contusions at GALES RECYCLE IT, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018010838` · 1/25/2018 · DOVER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Tractor, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GALES RECYCLE IT, LLC
- **Location:** 354 FLORENCE AVENUE, DOVER, OHIO, 44622
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 25, 2018, an employee was steering a scrap tractor that was brought in on a trailer while another employee was pulling the tractor with an excavator. The tractor rolled backwards, pinning the employee between the excavator bucket and the tractor steering wheel. The employee suffered torso contusions and was hospitalized.

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