Your first priority is medical care—then evidence. Crush injuries can worsen over days, especially when there’s compression, fractures, internal trauma, or nerve damage.
Right away (when safe):
- Get treated and ask the provider to document the mechanism of injury (what was happening when you were pinned/compressed).
- Tell your employer or site supervisor what happened, but keep statements factual and consistent with what doctors have documented.
- Request the incident report number and any internal safety documentation you can receive.
- Write down the sequence while it’s fresh: equipment involved, where you were standing, what you were doing, and who was nearby.
Why this matters in Moody: local worksites and contractors often have tight schedules. Evidence gets moved, equipment is cleaned, and logs are updated—sometimes within days. Early organization makes a difference when insurers later dispute causation or severity.


