# Amputations involving bone loss at J.R. Simplot Company
> OSHA SIR `2025032254` · 3/10/2025 · CALDWELL, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Automobile
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** J.R. Simplot Company
- **Location:** 17505 Simplot Blvd., CALDWELL, IDAHO, 83607
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck by a car backing up in the parking lot, resulting in broken bones in the leg and a severed artery. The leg was medically amputated above the knee.

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