# Amputations at Quantum Polymers Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021098022` · 9/17/2021 · NEWARK, DELAWARE
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** Quantum Polymers Corporation
- **Location:** 211 Executive Drive, NEWARK, DELAWARE, 19702
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting in unjamming the forks on the forklift when their hand was caught between a pallet and the forks resulting in a middle finger amputation.

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