# Crushing injuries at Holtger Bros., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015119004` · 11/24/2015 · PLATTEVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
- **Source:** Loaders, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Holtger Bros., Inc.
- **Location:** Maple Ridge Road, PLATTEVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53818
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a Vermeer flex track loader onto a flat bed trailer when the load shifted forward. This caused the Vermeer flex track loader to fall off of the trailer and strike the employee's foot resulting in crushing injuries that required surgery.

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