# Amputations at Novelart Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `2017087527` · 8/7/2017 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Novelart Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 2121 Section Rd, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45237
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was riding in a cage on a forklift when the cage tipped off the forks. The employee's left middle finger was caught and partially amputated in the cage's metal platform.

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