# Amputations at Argos USA LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181010645` · 10/16/2018 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 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:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Argos USA LLC
- **Location:** 2685 Sullivan Rd, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30337
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a plow attached to a forklift with a steel cable. The cable failed and the employee's left pinky finger was crushed between the plow and a fork. The finger was amputated below the fingernail at the first joint.

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