# Amputations at Alpine Lumber
> OSHA SIR `2019055284` · 5/24/2019 · FEDERAL HEIGHTS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Alpine Lumber
- **Location:** 500 N Pecos Street, FEDERAL HEIGHTS, COLORADO, 80221
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Ae employee's right hand was crushed while changing the forks on the forklift resulting in amputation of two fingertips and a crushing injury to a third finger on the right hand.

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