# Amputations at Decatur Plastic Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088719` · 8/23/2018 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Decatur Plastic Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 1109 Airport Industrial Road, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35904
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to stack two boxes when her right hand was caught between a box and the forklift forks, resulting in a right index finger amputation.

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