# Amputations at Equipment Depot Ohio, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171010461` · 10/31/2017 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Equipment Depot Ohio, Inc.
- **Location:** 4331 Rossplain Rd., CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45236
- **NAICS:** 423850
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a scale on a forklift. He then lifted the scale with another forklift and was removing its brackets when the scale fell and pinned his finger between it and the floor. His finger was partially amputated.

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