# Amputations at L&G Plumbing
> OSHA SIR `2022043413` · 4/20/2022 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** L&G Plumbing
- **Location:** 1909 Alexander Ave, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78702
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving an excavator over a ditch when the excavator flipped and the employee tried to jump out of the excavator. The employee's foot was crushed by the excavator cabin, resulting in the amputation of five toes.

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