# Amputations at The Cellar Lumber Company
> OSHA SIR `2018099969` · 9/26/2018 · CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** The Cellar Lumber Company
- **Location:** 766 South Pickaway Street, CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO, 43113
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to help a forklift operator load a customer's vehicle with a pallet of purchased materials. The employee's hand went under the pallet as the forklift was setting it down behind the customer's vehicle, resulting in a right little fingertip amputation.

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