# Amputations at Thompson Tractor
> OSHA SIR `2015107870` · 10/21/2015 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine, tool, and electric parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Thompson Tractor
- **Location:** 3550 Joe Mallisham Pkwy, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 220 pound cutting edge (blade) onto a pallet using a forklift. The blade was unstable and the employee exited the forklift to steady the blade. The blade shifted and fell onto her left ring finger resulting in the amputation of the finger up to the first digit.

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