# Amputations at Profex Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021075731` · 7/13/2021 · NEWBURGH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Profex Inc
- **Location:** Stewart Air Base- Building 107, NEWBURGH, NEW YORK, 12550
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a machine apparatus that weighed approximately 3,000 lbs. with a forklift. As the apparatus was lifted, it shifted and amputated the employee's left middle finger to the first knuckle.

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