# Amputations at United Natural Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021282` · 2/7/2018 · LANCASTER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** United Natural Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 2100 Danieldale Road, LANCASTER, TEXAS, 75134
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a wheel on a forklift. When the employee lowered the jack on the forklift the employee's right thumb was caught in the wheel spindle resulting in an amputation.

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