# Amputations at Capitol Manufacturing Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016032149` · 3/10/2016 · CROWLEY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Capitol Manufacturing Company LLC
- **Location:** 1125 Capitol Road, CROWLEY, LOUISIANA, 70526
- **NAICS:** 332919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a coworker move a catwalk away from a piece of equipment for cleaning purposes. The employee's hands were beneath the catwalk to guide the forks of the forklift under the catwalk when the fork caught his right index finger, partially amputating the tip. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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