# Crushing injuries at Larry Young Paving, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076656` · 7/15/2020 · COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Asphalt and concrete paving machines, pavers
## Employer
- **Name:** Larry Young Paving, Inc.
- **Location:** Vista Lane, COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, 77845
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spotting for the operator of a road paver as it was backing up. The employee was struck by the paver and caught against a road roller machine. He sustained injury, including a crushed artery, to the left thigh requiring surgery.

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