# Amputations at Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054205` · 5/1/2018 · LEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Battery-vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 45 Ashley Way, LEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 19533
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to install a battery in a powered industrial truck when his left index finger was caught between the battery retention plate and the surrounding area, amputating his fingertip at the nailbed.

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