# Amputations at Woods Construction
> OSHA SIR `2018066095` · 6/20/2018 · WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Woods Construction
- **Location:** 8301 W. Greenfield Ave., WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN, 53214
- **NAICS:** 238350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sliding the fork of an extendable boom forklift when the employee's left middle finger was amputated to the first knuckle between the sliding fork and the forklift carriage.

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