# Amputations at A.L.P. Lighting Components
> OSHA SIR `20171211851` · 12/13/2017 · OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** A.L.P. Lighting Components
- **Location:** 10630 Marina Dr., OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI, 38654
- **NAICS:** 335122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reversing a forklift when her right hand was caught between the sidebar of the forklift cage and a pallet stored on a rack. Her pinky finger suffered a compound fracture, and her fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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