# Amputations involving bone loss at GERSHENSON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2025043213` · 4/7/2025 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle
- **Source:** Concrete paving machines, pavers
- **Secondary source:** Rollers, compactors construction
## Employer
- **Name:** GERSHENSON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
- **Location:** Page Blvd & Union Blvd., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63113
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the back of a paving machine and preparing to pave. A roller was driving toward the paving machine and pinned the employee against the back of the paver, crushing his right leg. His stomach was impaled by the screw bar handle of the paving machine. The employee sustained a laceration to the abdomen and an amputation to the left leg.

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