# Crushing injuries at BURRELL'S EXCAVATING, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019065776` · 6/7/2019 · ONEONTA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** BURRELL'S EXCAVATING, INC.
- **Location:** SUNY Oneonta, Hunt Union Upgrade, ONEONTA, NEW YORK, 13820
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing in an excavation when a capped, abandoned-in-place, 12" cast iron water line became pressurized and pushed out of the ground, striking and pinning the employee's leg against the cut end of another pipe. The employee's leg was severely crushed.

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