# Amputations at Faithway Alliance
> OSHA SIR `2021109276` · 10/27/2021 · THORSBY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Faithway Alliance
- **Location:** Garrison Farms & Home Center, THORSBY, ALABAMA, 35171
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dropping a docking plate onto a trailer and it did not drop properly. While raising the dock plate to drop it a second time, the plate fell backward and pinched the employee's right little finger, resulting in amputation at the first joint.

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