# Amputations at Greatwide Logistics
> OSHA SIR `20171211526` · 12/4/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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
## Employer
- **Name:** Greatwide Logistics
- **Location:** 225 Portwall Suite 300, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 488510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to empty a trash bin into a larger trash container. He dismounted the forklift to open the trash bin's door. When he opened the door, the release of the trash made the bin bounce on the forklift forks. His hand was on one of the forks when the bin moved, and his left index fingertip was crushed between the bin and the fork. His fingertip had to be amputated.

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