# Crushing injuries at Robert Wyatt Contracting, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022010335` · 1/12/2022 · LAVON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
- **Source:** Towers, poles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Robert Wyatt Contracting, LLC
- **Location:** 1037 FM 6, LAVON, TEXAS, 75166
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a 12,000-gallon, self-erecting water tower, which is operated by a powered hydraulic unit. As the tank elevated, the legs buckled and the tank began to fall. The employee tripped and fell while moving out of the way of the falling tank. The tank collapsed on the employee, resulting in crushing injuries to the abdomen.

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