# Amputations at NEX Transport
> OSHA SIR `2019088179` · 8/8/2019 · EAST LIBERTY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** NEX Transport
- **Location:** 11000 St Rt 347, EAST LIBERTY, OHIO, 43319
- **NAICS:** 541614
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing stackable carts. One cart was off center and the top cart came down and locked into the bottom cart, pinching the employee's finger between the cart pins. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

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