# Amputations at Polar Beverages Southern Bottling
> OSHA SIR `2015010883` · 1/28/2015 · FITZGERALD, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Battery-vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Polar Beverages Southern Bottling
- **Location:** 255 Jacksonville Hwy, FITZGERALD, GEORGIA, 31750
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a forklift battery that was suspended from a hoist.  While the employee was moving the hoist, the battery slipped off the hoist hook and fell on the employee's right foot.  Three toes on the employee's right foot were amputated.

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