# Amputations at Husqvarna Forestry Products North America Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016032059` · 3/7/2016 · NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Husqvarna Forestry Products North America Inc
- **Location:** 1577 US 371, NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS, 71852
- **NAICS:** 333991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee and a coworker were picking up supplies from a local supplier in a truck. The dock plate at the local supplier did not engage properly. Both workers got out and were trying to fix the dock plate when it came down on and amputated the injured employee's right index fingertip.

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