# Amputations at The Peoria Journal Star, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181213099` · 12/21/2018 · PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** The Peoria Journal Star, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 News Plaza, PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61643
- **NAICS:** 511110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While working at a sorting machine, an employee was struck and pinned against the machine by a forklift. The employee's leg was partially amputated.

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