# Amputations at Trumbull Metal Specialties
> OSHA SIR `2015118991` · 11/12/2015 · NILES, OHIO
## 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:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** Trumbull Metal Specialties
- **Location:** 49 Federal Street, NILES, OHIO, 44446
- **NAICS:** 331521
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a mold onto a forklift when the forklift moved forward and caught his finger between the mold and forks sustaining a 1st digit amputation to the right middle finger.

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