# Amputations at Midwest Manufacturing Div. of Menard, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032451` · 3/16/2017 · MCKENZIE, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Manufacturing Div. of Menard, Inc.
- **Location:** 24461 County Road 10, MCKENZIE, NORTH DAKOTA, 58572
- **NAICS:** 321214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving and reinstalling equipment. The employee was adjusting the spacer board underneath the piece of equipment when the forklift operator lowered the equipment onto the employee's right middle finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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