# Amputations at American Bridge Company
> OSHA SIR `2015021190` · 2/6/2015 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** American Bridge Company
- **Location:** 909 East Colorado Blvd, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75203
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving the forks of a forklift closer together, slightly raising the fork. He slipped as he began to push the fork, pinching the tip of his right middle finger between the fork and the forklift mast.

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