# Amputations at Summit Packaging Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099135` · 9/3/2019 · RACINE, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Posts, bollards, moorings
## Employer
- **Name:** Summit Packaging Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 3441 South Memorial Drive, RACINE, WISCONSIN, 53403
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift, delivering a gaylord container of scrap metal to a recycling dumpster. The employee's left foot and leg were crushed between the forklift and a bollard that protects a concrete wall. This resulted in amputation 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*