# Amputations at LARSON MANUFACTURING
> OSHA SIR `2020032521` · 3/17/2020 · BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** LARSON MANUFACTURING
- **Location:** 2333 EASTBROOK DRIVE, BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57006
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring material contained in a forklift's hopper attachment to the trash. When the hopper was released, it rotated forward and pinched the employee's left hand between a forklift tine and the attachment tube resulting in amputation of the pinky finger.

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