# Amputations at Surface Technologies Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020054448` · 5/13/2020 · SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Surface Technologies Corporation
- **Location:** Naval Base San Diego, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92136
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was helping move a portable scaffold on wheels. The scaffold struck a parked forklift, and the scaffold railing amputated the employee's left ring and middle fingertips. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to have the fingertips reattached.

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