# Amputations at Lippert Components, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054513` · 5/20/2023 · WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(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:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** Lippert Components, Inc.
- **Location:** 401 Mushroom Rd., WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS, 75165
- **NAICS:** 326191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift to close doors around the facility. As the vehicle was traveling in reverse, the forklift struck a wall and the employee's left foot was pinned between the forklift and the wall. All of the toes on the employee's left foot were amputated.

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