# Amputations at Busby Construction Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20180910026` · 9/27/2018 · LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Busby Construction Co., Inc.
- **Location:** Merrimack Street, LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03246
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking behind an excavator operating in reverse. The employee's leg/foot was run over and crushed by the excavator's steel track. The lower leg was amputated at the hospital.

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