# Amputations at SAIA Motor Freight Line LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019099654` · 9/16/2019 · WRENTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** SAIA Motor Freight Line LLC
- **Location:** 1170 South St., WRENTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, 02093
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was holding a long, metal, hollow pole out of the way inside a truck container while a second employee was operating a forklift to load the container. The forklift mast struck the injured employee's hand pushing his hand into the end of the pole and amputating the thumb.

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