# Amputations at SHM Newport Shipyard, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231210979` · 12/1/2023 · NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple leg locations, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** SHM Newport Shipyard, LLC
- **Location:** 1 WASHINGTON STREET, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 02840
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spotting for a forklift operation. The forklift backed over the employee, who suffered a complete amputation to one lower leg and a partial amputation to the other leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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