# Crushing injuries at Skookum Contract Services
> OSHA SIR `2016087506` · 8/11/2016 · FORT LEE, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-riding
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Skookum Contract Services
- **Location:** 1750 Shop Road Building 6209, FORT LEE, VIRGINIA, 23801
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was operating a zero-turn lawn mower when he approached a steel cable approximately 3 feet off the ground. He became caught in the cable, and both of his legs were lacerated and crushed between the cable and the mower's mowing deck.

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