# Amputations at Doka USA
> OSHA SIR `2018089037` · 8/31/2018 · TOMBALL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Doka USA
- **Location:** 10822 Mahaffey Rd, TOMBALL, TEXAS, 77375
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a forklift machine with steel walings (I-beam) when a waling fell off the forklift and caught his right hand, amputating his ring fingertip.

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