# Amputations at FC Staffing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211704` · 12/9/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** FC Staffing, Inc.
- **Location:** 7600 Ave P, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77012
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking/rigging a forklift when the forklift operator began the lift. The employee's left ring finger was then caught and crushed by the forklift chain. 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*