# Amputations at Gillette Pepsi, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021088464` · 8/23/2021 · LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Other structures, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gillette Pepsi, Inc.
- **Location:** 1900 West Avenue South, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, 54601
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reversing a forklift out of a pick location and struck a plastic barrier around the steel support beams. The employee's right little finger was crushed between the forklift and the barrier, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

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