# Amputations at Forterra Concrete Products
> OSHA SIR `2016088233` · 8/31/2016 · SHAWNEE, KANSAS
## 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:** Forterra Concrete Products
- **Location:** 23600 W. 40th Street, SHAWNEE, KANSAS, 66226
- **NAICS:** 327332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's finger was between two steel containers. When a forklift struck the steel container the employee's finger was crushed between the two containers and amputated at the hospital.

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