# Crushing injuries at Amazon
> OSHA SIR `2017109719` · 10/10/2017 · AURORA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## 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:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** Amazon
- **Location:** 2205 E. 19th Ave., AURORA, COLORADO, 80019
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was completing the hands-on portion of stand-up forklift training when he drove into a wall. His left hand was crushed between the forklift and the wall.

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