# Amputations at Patton Warehousing
> OSHA SIR `2018087938` · 8/3/2018 · MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Rail vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Patton Warehousing
- **Location:** 55 Patton Dr., MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 17847
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 3, 2018, at approximately 7:30 AM, an employee was helping to unload a railcar. He was attempting to thread a tow strap onto the forks of a forklift when his right pinky finger was caught between the fork and the railcar. He sustained a fracture and partial amputation of the right pinky finger.

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