# Amputations at Defoe Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015099913` · 9/14/2015 · NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** Defoe Corporation
- **Location:** Route 21 SB Viaduct and Chester Avenue Bridges, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 07104
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking between a barrier (parapet) wall and a rubber track excavator when the excavator struck his right lower leg and ankle, nearly severing his right foot. His right foot was surgically amputated, and his left foot was fractured.

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