# Amputations at Neovia Logistics Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017077265` · 7/31/2017 · JOLIET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Neovia Logistics Services, LLC
- **Location:** 3930 Cedar Creek Drive, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, 60436
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack to transport a forklift truck battery when his leg was caught between the pallet jack and the frame of the battery racking system resulting in an amputation injury to the employee's leg.

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