# Amputations at DEPARTMENT OF ARMY, ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL
> OSHA SIR `2017021835` · 2/27/2017 · ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** DEPARTMENT OF ARMY, ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL
- **Location:** Building 299, ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, 61299
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee of another unit was moving bar stock with a forklift when it became stuck as he went through a doorway. The injured employee was helping to move the bar stock and when the forklift lowered, the bar stock fell onto the injured employee's hand amputating his middle finger.

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