# Amputations at GE Appliances, a Haier Company, Decatur Plant Operations
> OSHA SIR `2021031875` · 3/2/2021 · DECATUR, 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
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** GE Appliances, a Haier Company, Decatur Plant Operations
- **Location:** 2328 Point Mallard Drive, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 335222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to get wheel parts to feed down into a bucket below a storage rack. The bin needed to be reoriented so the parts door would open; a powered industrial truck was brought over to pull out the container and turn it 45 degrees. When the container moved, a finger on the employee's right hand was caught between the bin and the steel rack. The fingertip was medically amputated.

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