# Amputations at PrimeSource building Products
> OSHA SIR `20171212149` · 12/22/2017 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **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:** PrimeSource building Products
- **Location:** 12950 E 38th Ave., DENVER, COLORADO, 80239
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was backing up a reach truck when his finger was caught and amputated between the reach truck and a pallet rack.

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