# Amputations at Karvo Paving Company
> OSHA SIR `2018076960` · 7/11/2018 · LODI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Milling machines, cold planers, and road profilers
## Employer
- **Name:** Karvo Paving Company
- **Location:** 8525 Friendsville Road, LODI, OHIO, 44254
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the ground at an active job site when a reversing milling machine ran over the employee's left foot. The machine continued running up his leg to approximately his hip. His left foot and leg were crushed, with damage to the left hip and amputation of the left leg from the knee down. He also suffered a fractured right leg and hip.

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