# Amputations at Peak Structural PolyLevel Warehouse
> OSHA SIR `2020087820` · 8/18/2020 · PALMER LAKE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Peak Structural PolyLevel Warehouse
- **Location:** 707 County Line Road, PALMER LAKE, COLORADO, 80133
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a forklift operator move a pallet and a 4X4 piece of wood when the employee's right pinky was crushed between the pallet and the 4x4, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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