# Amputations at Fabcon Precast
> OSHA SIR `2020010856` · 1/27/2020 · MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Fabcon Precast
- **Location:** Berkeley Business Park Bldg II, MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, 25405
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing the forks to a forklift when the employee's fingers became pinched between the mast and the boom on the forklift, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation.

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