# Amputations at Golden Peanut Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020098441` · 9/4/2020 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Golden Peanut Company, LLC
- **Location:** 19 Founders Blvd, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79906
- **NAICS:** 115114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been operating a forklift. While releasing a dumper trash hopper into a dumpster, the employee's finger became trapped in the base of the trash hopper. The left index fingertip was amputated.

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