# Amputations at KP Building Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211571` · 12/21/2023 · HOLLY SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** KP Building Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 820 State Highway 7 N, HOLLY SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI, 38635
- **NAICS:** 326130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.

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