# Amputations involving bone loss at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2024087322` · 8/9/2024 · HENDERSON, NEVADA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 1720 Chaparral Road, HENDERSON, NEVADA, 89044
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was walking toward the breakroom when they were struck by a sit-down forklift that was backing up. The employee suffered an amputation of the left leg just below the knee.

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