# Amputations at Able Tool Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20201211976` · 12/23/2020 · LOCKLAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Able Tool Corporation
- **Location:** 617 N. Wayne Ave., LOCKLAND, OHIO, 45215
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying a forklift hopper of steel chips into a larger bin. The employee's left index finger was pinched between the fork of the forklift and the hopper, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

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