# Avulsions, enucleations at Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021097862` · 9/13/2021 · GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1700 Walnut St., GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, 62040
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 7:45 a.m. on September 13, 2021, an employee was struck by a forklift as it backed up to pick up a stack of wooden pallets. The employee suffered an avulsion injury to the left leg and was hospitalized.

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