# Amputations at Andrews Distributing
> OSHA SIR `2015041951` · 4/13/2015 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Andrews Distributing
- **Location:** 1701 Pharr Street, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76102
- **NAICS:** 424810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 13, 2015, at approximately 10:50 p.m., an employee attempted to open a bay door to a truck while operating a forklift. He smashed his left hand, severely lacerating his left ring finger and damaging his left pinky finger, which was barely hanging on. The pinky finger was initially reattached, but was eventually surgically amputated up to the second joint.

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