# Amputations at Alcoa ATEP, Niles
> OSHA SIR `2015096670` · 9/12/2015 · NILES, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Alcoa ATEP, Niles
- **Location:** 1000 Warren Ave., NILES, OHIO, 44446
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A material handler on the motorized sheet lifter picked up a pack of material with the lifter and was moving the pack around when the pack struck a fixed object. The stack then shifted and caught the worker's fingers between the object and the stack injuring three fingers. The pinky finger was partially amputated from the tip to between the first and second joint.

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