Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Exel Inc.
Start: 1/10/2025

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2025010321 · 1/10/2025 · Exel Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thigh(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from and struck by moving vehicle
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Exel Inc.
Location: 1904 N Le Compte Road, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65802
NAICS: 492110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was driving a stand-up counterbalance forklift down an aisle in a warehouse. The forklift abruptly turned; the employee's leg moved and the dead man switch activated, throwing the employee out of the forklift. Their right leg was crushed between the material-handling equipment and a racking system, and it was amputated above the knee.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown