# Bruises, contusions at Mountain Cascade of Texas, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015086060` · 8/24/2015 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** Mountain Cascade of Texas, LLC
- **Location:** 9500 Harry Heinz Blvd., DALLAS, TEXAS, 75220
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a trench box inside of a 30 foot deep trench signaling a backhoe operator who was lowering a pipe into the trench. The employee's left arm was caught between the bucket (6 feet wide and 9 feet deep) and the trench box. The employee suffered contusions and swelling of the employee's left arm was evident. The employee was hospitalized.

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