# Amputations at United Forming, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098662` · 9/13/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United Forming, Inc.
- **Location:** 409 Travis, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77002
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a heavy trash bin with a pallet jack when it struck a concrete column, causing the load to shift and crush the employee's finger between 3/4" plywood and the edge of the metal trash bin. His right middle fingertip was amputated without bone loss.

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