# Amputations involving bone loss at Nestle Prepared Foods Company
> OSHA SIR `2024109350` · 10/7/2024 · JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Structures and surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nestle Prepared Foods Company
- **Location:** #1 Nestle Way, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, 72401
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

During a forklift training exercise, an employee was turning when the forklift struck a railing, crushing their left thumb between the railing and the forklift. The employee was hospitalized and sustained a thumb amputation.

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