# Amputations at Orbis
> OSHA SIR `20161110540` · 11/9/2016 · MENASHA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Orbis
- **Location:** 1320 Earl Street, MENASHA, WISCONSIN, 54952
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As an employee was reversing the forklift, he placed his right hand on the forklift cage. His thumb struck against a cylinder protruding from one of the plastics machines, amputating three-quarters of the thumb.

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