# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at FedEx Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20241110979` · 11/26/2024 · FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Corporation
- **Location:** 2600 Southwest 39th Street, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33312
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repositioning a load on a pallet while a forklift was lifting the pallet for repositioning. The forks hit the crossbar on the opposite side of the pallet, causing it to thrust forward into the employee's right index finger, which got caught between the pallet and a package track. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the right index finger.

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