# Crushing injuries at TAYLOR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019043515` · 4/4/2019 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TAYLOR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.
- **Location:** 1201 Coliseum Drive, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was refueling an excavator from a fuel cell located in the back of a pickup truck. When the employee was rolling up the fuel hose and cable, the excavator rotated counter-clockwise and crushed the employee's lower back/torso between the excavator and the pickup truck.

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