# Amputations at Don Miguel Foods
> OSHA SIR `20190910102` · 9/26/2019 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Don Miguel Foods
- **Location:** 9650 Chartwell Drive, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75243
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift, unloading a bobtail truck. The truck's back door had been unlatched and was being raised when the door handle caught the employee's finger. The employee suffered an amputation to the left index finger/left hand.

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