# Amputations at Pallet Consultants Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20171010163` · 10/23/2017 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pallet Consultants Corp.
- **Location:** 5402 West 1st Street, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32254
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift. He had placed a stack of pallets down and was reversing with his left foot partially outside the forklift body when his left foot struck and was caught between a column and the forklift. His foot was partially amputated.

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