# Amputations at RVI Motorsports
> OSHA SIR `2020098711` · 9/14/2020 · WEST BATH, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** RVI Motorsports
- **Location:** 56 New Meadows Rd, WEST BATH, MAINE, 04530
- **NAICS:** 441221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to stabilize a hydraulic brake that was being lowered to the ground via a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee was holding onto the pallet when it was lowered onto the ground and crushed his right index finger. The fingertip was amputated.

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