# Amputations at JCB INC
> OSHA SIR `20191010788` · 10/15/2019 · POOLER, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** JCB INC
- **Location:** 2000 BAMFORD BLVD, POOLER, GEORGIA, 31322
- **NAICS:** 423810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a displacement ramp onto a light-capacity rough-terrain forklift chassis. The employee's left middle finger was caught between two pieces of equipment, causing the amputation of the tip.

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