# Amputations at Amazon.com, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015031533` · 3/27/2015 · PLANT CITY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), n.e.c.
- **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:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** 1760 County Line Road, PLANT CITY, FLORIDA, 33566
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift when his left foot became trapped between the lift and an endcap for a rack. He was hospitalized with compound fractures and had his foot amputated.

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