# Amputations at Talentforce
> OSHA SIR `2018088402` · 8/16/2018 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Dishes, bowls
## Employer
- **Name:** Talentforce
- **Location:** 3800 E 32Nd St, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64804
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two temporary employees were stacking plates of frozen food product. One  employee went to straighten a crooked plate while the second employee set another plate down, which smashed the first employee's fingertip between the plates. The first employee suffered a right middle fingertip amputation.

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