# Crushing injuries at LM Heavy Civil Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015042050` · 4/16/2015 · ASSONET, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LM Heavy Civil Construction, LLC
- **Location:** Elm Street & Slab Bridge Road, ASSONET, MASSACHUSETTS, 02702
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a crushing injury to his right leg when the excavator that he was walking behind stopped and backed up.

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