# Amputations at McDermott Inc Gulfport Spoolbase
> OSHA SIR `2016021394` · 2/15/2016 · GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** McDermott Inc Gulfport Spoolbase
- **Location:** 700 Copa Blvd, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, 39501
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck by a forklift when he was trying to warn the driver that a box was about to fall off the forklift. The forklift ran over the employee's right ankle resulting in the amputation of the foot.

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