# Amputations at Cordova Constructors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118261` · 11/3/2015 · HERNANDO, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Cordova Constructors, Inc.
- **Location:** 2380 Mount Pleasant Road, HERNANDO, MISSISSIPPI, 38632
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were preparing to set steel trusses approximately 66 feet long.  The trusses were being moved via forklift from a staging area in the south parking lot approximately 270 feet to the north.  The injured employee was trying to stabilize a steel truss attached to a forklift.  When the employee removed the strap, the truss, weighing approximately 4000 lbs., tilted and fell onto his leg.  The lower leg was amputated.

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