# Amputations at AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2021087339` · 8/26/2021 · COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION
- **Location:** 200 Aurora Way, COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, 39701
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repositioning a tool that was on a forklift when their right little finger was pinched between the tool and the forklift, resulting in an amputation just past the fingernail.

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