# Amputations at JORGENSEN CONVEYORS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171111312` · 11/28/2017 · MEQUON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** JORGENSEN CONVEYORS, INC.
- **Location:** 10303 N. Baehr Rd., MEQUON, WISCONSIN, 53092
- **NAICS:** 333517
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping a trash hopper into a larger bin using a forklift and crushed three fingers on the right hand resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

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