# Amputations at ACE RETAIL SUPPORT CENTER
> OSHA SIR `2021021426` · 2/16/2021 · LOXLEY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** ACE RETAIL SUPPORT CENTER
- **Location:** 29891 HWY 59 N., LOXLEY, ALABAMA, 36551
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a trash bin that was attached to the forks of a forklift. As the hopper rolled back into the original position, it crushed the employee's left thumb tip resulting in a partial amputation.

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