# Amputations at R. Roese Contracting Co, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015097143` · 9/28/2015 · CABOT, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** R. Roese Contracting Co, Inc.
- **Location:** 3955 South 1st Street, CABOT, ARKANSAS, 72023
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to unload cable reels when his finger got pinched between a forklift fork and a trailer. His right ring finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

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