# Amputations at Fiber Tech Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043895` · 4/29/2017 · WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO
## 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:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Fiber Tech Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 2000 Kenskill Ave, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO, 43160
- **NAICS:** 321211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a laminator that was on a cart when the cart hit a post, causing the laminator to come off the rails it sat on. The employee's right pinky finger was pinched and partially amputated between the frame of the cart and the laminator.

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