# Amputations at County Materials Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023032766` · 3/28/2023 · ROBERTS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** County Materials Corporation
- **Location:** 1203 70TH AVE., ROBERTS, WISCONSIN, 54023
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 10:00 a.m. on March 28, 2023, a side plate of a forklift lifting apparatus came loose at the bottom. An employee was reattaching the plate to the apparatus when the plate displaced and landed on his left foot, just beyond the steel safety toe. He suffered a partial amputation to the third toe.

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