# Amputations at R+L Carriers
> OSHA SIR `2020076359` · 7/8/2020 · ELLENWOOD, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Posts, bollards, moorings
## Employer
- **Name:** R+L Carriers
- **Location:** 2975 Forest Pkwy, ELLENWOOD, GEORGIA, 30294
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift at a freight terminal dock. As the forklift backed up, it pinned the employee's right middle finger against a safety pole next to a dock door. The fingertip was amputated.

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