# Amputations at Borgers USA Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017076517` · 7/14/2017 · VANCE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** Girders, beams, structural steel
## Employer
- **Name:** Borgers USA Corporation
- **Location:** 17490 Brookwood Parkway, VANCE, ALABAMA, 35490
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift when the employee's finger was caught between the forklift cage and a beam, amputating the fingertip.

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