# Amputations at CVS Health
> OSHA SIR `2019033222` · 3/28/2019 · SMITHFIELD, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **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:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CVS Health
- **Location:** 150 Industrial Dr., SMITHFIELD, RHODE ISLAND, 02917
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a reach truck (stand up forklift)and struck a metal support beam. Her left leg was caught between the operator's cabin of the reach truck and the beam, causing a compound fracture that later required removal of the leg below the knee.

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