# Amputations at Corelle Brands LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181212559` · 12/7/2018 · CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Relays, rheostats, starters, controls
## Employer
- **Name:** Corelle Brands LLC
- **Location:** 100 8th Street, CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA, 15022
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an electric forklift in the facility and backed into a control box. The employee's right index finger was caught between the forklift's overhead support and the control box resulting in amputation to the second knuckle.

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