# Amputations involving bone loss at Saia LTL Freight
> OSHA SIR `2024065195` · 6/12/2024 · RICHFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Saia LTL Freight
- **Location:** 2920 Brecksville Road, RICHFIELD, OHIO, 44286
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees lifted a dead forklift up with another forklift to removed tangled data wires. As an employee was removing the wires, the forklift fell, and the forks landed on the employee's right hand, amputating their index and middle fingers.

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