# Amputations at Lithia Chevrolet Buick GMC of Helena
> OSHA SIR `2021064582` · 6/5/2021 · HELENA, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Concrete parking blocks and barriers
## Employer
- **Name:** Lithia Chevrolet Buick GMC of Helena
- **Location:** 1501 Cedar St., HELENA, MONTANA, 59601
- **NAICS:** 811111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a parking barrier with a forklift. When he went to reposition the barrier, his finger was smashed between the barrier and the forklift, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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