# Amputations at FORRENCE ORCHARDS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017099165` · 9/24/2017 · PERU, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FORRENCE ORCHARDS, INC.
- **Location:** 2731 ROUTE 22, PERU, NEW YORK, 12972
- **NAICS:** 111331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading apples into bins using a hydraulic lift. The employee's hand was on top of the stop bar as the lift was raising a load pinching his left ring finger and resulting in amputation.

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