# Amputations at J. G. MacLellan Concrete Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110502` · 11/8/2016 · LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** J. G. MacLellan Concrete Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 180 Phoenix Avenue, LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, 01852
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While operating a forklift, an employee struck a truck that was being repaired. The employee then attempted to reverse the forklift while a hand was on the outside of the roll bar, but went forward instead. The employee's right pinky finger was caught and amputated between the forklift's roll bar and the truck.

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