# Crushing injuries at Marucci & Gaffney Excavating Co.
> OSHA SIR `2017043265` · 4/11/2017 · HUBBARD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Cranes-truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Marucci & Gaffney Excavating Co.
- **Location:** Interstate 80 & US 62, HUBBARD, OHIO, 44425
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disassembling an 75-ton conventional truck crane. The employee was watching the cables as they moved through the sheaves. The employee removed a pin out of the boom and the boom dropped, pinning the employee to the ground. The employee's knees and ankles were crushed.

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