# Crushing injuries at Julius Kaaz Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054181` · 5/5/2020 · FORT RILEY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up on side of road
- **Source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Julius Kaaz Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Henry Drive, FORT RILEY, KANSAS, 66442
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A truck driver had just dumped dirt from his truck on a shoulder. A skid steer loader began moving the dirt from the shoulder to grade out the slope. The skid steer was backing up to the slope to get its second load of dirt when the truck driver's right arm was caught between the back of the skid steer and the back of the truck. The driver's radial artery and radial nerve were severed and the driver was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

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