# Amputations at Wiese USA
> OSHA SIR `2015118670` · 11/16/2015 · SALEM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wiese USA
- **Location:** North Americal Lighting, SALEM, ILLINOIS, 62881
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing the overhead bracket, which holds the overhead guard, on a customer-owned forklift.  The overhead guard fell and caught the employee's finger between it and the frame of the forklift. The employee's middle left-hand finger was amputated approximately 1/4" to 1/2" from the tip (middle of the fingernail).

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