# Amputations at Hart Engineering Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018099234` · 9/6/2018 · HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hart Engineering Corporation
- **Location:** Milford Regional Waste Water, HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01747
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As a banded load of concrete forms was lowered onto a flatbed trailer using a forklift, it crushed a trailer truck operator's finger. The tip was amputated.

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