# Amputations at McCain Fertilizer, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021043187` · 4/16/2021 · PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** McCain Fertilizer, Inc
- **Location:** 20 Storage Drive, PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE, 04769
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Material was being transferred from one bag to another using a forklift. One of the forklifts moved as an employee reached to open a bag further, and the employee's right ring finger was caught between the mast of one forklift and the tine of the other. The finger was amputated at the top knuckle.

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