# Amputations at Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Company
> OSHA SIR `20181212602` · 12/7/2018 · CAMERON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Company
- **Location:** 2700 Blake Avenue, CAMERON, TEXAS, 76520
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting ready to load a forklift with a 55-gallon drum of hydraulic fluid. While the employee was manually pushing the forks into the pallet, the forks shifted and his right little finger was caught between the forks and the pallet resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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