# Amputations at USPS
> OSHA SIR `20201111213` · 11/30/2020 · MADISON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** USPS
- **Location:** 3902 Milwaukee Street, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53714
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking across a loading dock area when a forklift backed out of a truck into her. She suffered a broken hip and two amputated toes, and was hospitalized.

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