# Amputations at Emerald Coast Truss LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019054459` · 5/2/2019 · MILTON, FLORIDA
## 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:** Roof trusses, joists
## Employer
- **Name:** Emerald Coast Truss LLC
- **Location:** 5817 Commerce Road, MILTON, FLORIDA, 32583
- **NAICS:** 321214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was stacking wooden trusses about 3 feet high. When he was finished, a forklift lifted up the trusses to be moved elsewhere. The trusses on the forks shifted and the employee s gloved, right ring fingertip got caught between the bottom truss and the forks. He sustained the amputation of his right ring fingertip without bone loss.

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