# Amputations at Steelcase Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019076944` · 7/10/2019 · ATHENS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Steelcase Inc.
- **Location:** 214 Durham Drive, ATHENS, ALABAMA, 35611
- **NAICS:** 337214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee backed up a tugger to attach it to a transport rack. After the employee dismounted the tugger, his fingers were caught between the tugger and a part on the transport rack. He sustained the amputation of the right middle fingertip and a contusion to the ring finger.

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