# Amputations at York Container Company
> OSHA SIR `20161211475` · 12/8/2016 · YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** York Container Company
- **Location:** 138 Mount Zion Road, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17402
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just checked the status of rolls at a computer station in the roll stock warehouse and started walking away when a clamp truck in the warehouse struck the employee. The employee suffered a right leg amputation (mid-shin) and five broken metatarsals on the left foot.

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