# Amputations at Aqua Phoenix Scientific
> OSHA SIR `2015030119` · 3/12/2015 · HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Aqua Phoenix Scientific
- **Location:** 9 Barnhart Drive, HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17331
- **NAICS:** 541712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee operating a forklift was unable to stop the forklift from moving. His hand reached out of the cage to try to stop the lift. When that didn't work, he pulled his hand back in and realized it was injured.

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