# Amputations at Blue Scope Buildings
> OSHA SIR `2018021569` · 2/14/2018 · ANNVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Blue Scope Buildings
- **Location:** 400 N Weaber, ANNVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17003
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to restack pallets. The employee's left index finger was caught between the lift and pallet as the employee was sliding a pallet off resulting in a partial amputation.

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