# Amputations at Cherokee Brick and Tile
> OSHA SIR `2020066090` · 6/30/2020 · JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** Cherokee Brick and Tile
- **Location:** 2050 Forest Ave., JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, 39213
- **NAICS:** 327121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift to carry bricks when the metal strap that held the bricks together became caught in the forklift tire. The metal strap amputated his third right fingertip.

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