# Amputations at GREAT LAKES COLD STORAGE
> OSHA SIR `2019099244` · 9/5/2019 · SOLON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **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:** Posts, bollards, moorings
## Employer
- **Name:** GREAT LAKES COLD STORAGE
- **Location:** 6531 COCHRAN RD, SOLON, OHIO, 44139
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee driving a pallet jack entered the rail dock through the overhead door from the expansion dock. He began traveling east on the rail dock and the pallet jack ran into a barrier pole that protects a door on the rail dock. His foot was caught between the pallet jack and the barrier pole. He sustained a crushing injury to the left foot resulting in amputations to the tips of two toes. He was wearing safety toe boots at the time.

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