# Amputations at Production Paint Finishers Inc
> OSHA SIR `20201211395` · 12/4/2020 · BRADFORD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Production Paint Finishers Inc
- **Location:** 140 Center Street, BRADFORD, OHIO, 45308
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hopper to throw trash in an outside dumpster. The employee moved a lever on the trash hopper and the hopper fell back onto his left hand and amputated his index finger.

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