# Crushing injuries at Suderman Contracting Stevedores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111379` · 11/5/2018 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Water vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Suderman Contracting Stevedores, Inc.
- **Location:** M/V Elleen Neptune, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77553
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading fertilizer from the cargo hold on a vessel. The employee was standing next to the hauling bucket when the load was grabbed. The employee's leg was pinned between the hauling bucket and the cargo hold wall. The employee suffered crushing injuries and fracture to the lower right leg.

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