# Amputations at Exel Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032784` · 3/29/2022 · UNION, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Exel Inc.
- **Location:** 1800 Union Airpark Blvd, UNION, OHIO, 45322
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a reach truck. While turning to enter an aisle, he was caught between the vehicle and a rack. He suffered crushing injuries to the left leg, which had to be amputated at the mid-calf.

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