# Amputations at Yates Services LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2015052585` · 5/28/2015 · CANTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Braces-power not determined
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Yates Services LLC.
- **Location:** 300 Nissan Drive, CANTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39046
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a brace from a forklift when the brace fell and severed his left middle fingertip.

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