# Amputations at PROGRESSIVE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016054057` · 5/11/2016 · ARLINGTON, TEXAS
## 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:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** PROGRESSIVE, INC.
- **Location:** 1030 COMMERCIAL BLVD. N., ARLINGTON, TEXAS, 76001
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transporting a container filled with metal chips using a forklift. When he attempted to pull the handle on the hopper, his left finger was crushed between the handle and the forklift mast, resulting in a partial amputation halfway through the fingernail.

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