# Amputations involving bone loss at Exel Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025010321` · 1/10/2025 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from and struck by moving vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Exel Inc.
- **Location:** 1904 N Le Compte Road, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65802
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a stand-up counterbalance forklift down an aisle in a warehouse. The forklift abruptly turned; the employee's leg moved and the dead man switch activated, throwing the employee out of the forklift. Their right leg was crushed between the material-handling equipment and a racking system, and it was amputated above the knee.

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