# Amputations at BRANDT CONSOLIDATED, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018021081` · 2/1/2018 · NIANTIC, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Pallet jack-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** BRANDT CONSOLIDATED, INC.
- **Location:** 225 Lake Ave, NIANTIC, ILLINOIS, 62551
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and coworker were moving a pallet jack with a forklift when the pallet jack flipped and fell, landing on and smashing his ring finger. He was hospitalized and had surgery. His ring finger was amputated.

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