# Amputations at Big Creek Sand and Gravel
> OSHA SIR `2015107601` · 10/12/2015 · PERRYTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Asphalt and concrete paving machines, pavers
## Employer
- **Name:** Big Creek Sand and Gravel
- **Location:** Hwy 70 South Intersection Hwy 83, PERRYTON, TEXAS, 79070
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening the wing gate on an asphalt laydown machine and his right leg was caught in the elevator amputating it above the knee.

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