# Amputations at PENGATE HANDLING SYSTEMS OF NEW YORK, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021109192` · 10/25/2021 · GANSEVOORT, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** PENGATE HANDLING SYSTEMS OF NEW YORK, INC.
- **Location:** Target Distribution, GANSEVOORT, NEW YORK, 12831
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a drive wheel on an order picker. As he tried to align the drive wheel, it pinched his fingers, resulting in an amputation to his left middle finger.

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