# Amputations at Lakeside Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021490` · 2/15/2017 · POYNETTE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Lakeside Foods Inc.
- **Location:** W8070 Kent Road, POYNETTE, WISCONSIN, 53955
- **NAICS:** 311421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a dumpster when his hand was pinched between the forks of a forklift and a dumpster attachment, partially amputating his left pinky finger.

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