# Amputations at FEDERAL MARINE TERMINALS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016098635` · 9/12/2016 · PALMETTO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bags, sacks
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** FEDERAL MARINE TERMINALS, INC.
- **Location:** 600 TAMPA BAY WAY, PALMETTO, FLORIDA, 34221
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a bag of salt while it was held up by a forklift when his left ring finger was pinched between the load and the forks, amputating his fingertip.

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