# Amputations at Industrial Municipal Supply Co., Inc
> OSHA SIR `20191111471` · 11/4/2019 · SAINT JAMES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Industrial Municipal Supply Co., Inc
- **Location:** 5373 St. James Co-op St., SAINT JAMES, LOUISIANA, 70086
- **NAICS:** 423390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was finished performing duties on the warehouse floor. While reaching down to grab his laptop bag, he had positioned his hand on a fusion table. A nearby forklift carrying a PVC pipe was rocked; the pipe went to the back of the forks and the edge of the table. The employee was caught and sustained a revision amputation of the left pinky finger.

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