# Fractures at Bird Electric Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018087903` · 8/2/2018 · KERMIT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Bulldozers
## Employer
- **Name:** Bird Electric Inc
- **Location:** East Highway 302, KERMIT, TEXAS, 79745
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding a dozer back to tie it to a stuck vehicle. When the dozer stopped, the employee stepped between the vehicles to tie them together. The dozer then moved and caught the employee between the vehicles. The employee suffered a broken pelvis.

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