# Amputations at Komatsu Mining Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2017087305` · 8/1/2017 · OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Komatsu Mining Corp.
- **Location:** 10001 South Howell Ave., OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN, 53154
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a dump box with a forklift when the load shifted and pinched his finger causing a fingertip amputation.

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