# Amputations at Best Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087291` · 8/5/2016 · FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Best Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 15860 West Park Lane, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, 34945
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A decoiler slipped off of forklift straps and crushed an employee's right-hand pinky and middle fingers, amputating them.

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