# Amputations at PEPSI AMERICAS
> OSHA SIR `2015086100` · 8/25/2015 · TWINSBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Liftgates
## Employer
- **Name:** PEPSI AMERICAS
- **Location:** 1999 ENTERPRISE PARKWAY, TWINSBURG, OHIO, 44087
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was operating a semi-trailer lift gate to lift a load onto the truck.  While the gate was lifting he tried to open the latch and his fingertip got caught between the lift gate and the latch.

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