# Amputations at N.U.P. Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2017021497` · 2/15/2017 · FLUSHING, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** N.U.P. Corp.
- **Location:** 31-40 123rd Street, FLUSHING, NEW YORK, 11354
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismantling an excavator when the excavator counterweight (6.2 tons) fell on and crushed the employee's leg. The lower right leg was amputated. The employee also sustained a fractured arm, hips and vertebrae.

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