# Crushing injuries at Massachusetts Broken Stone Company
> OSHA SIR `2015031110` · 3/11/2015 · HOLDEN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bricks, blocks, structural stone, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Massachusetts Broken Stone Company
- **Location:** Holden Trap Rock, HOLDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, 01520
- **NAICS:** 212319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee went to measure a concrete beam that had been removed from the ground with an excavator.  The beam, which had been supported on the excavator bucket, fell onto the employee's right foot and crushed it.

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