# Amputations at Fort Worth F&D Head Company
> OSHA SIR `2021109294` · 10/28/2021 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Angle irons
- **Secondary source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fort Worth F&D Head Company
- **Location:** 3040 East Peden Rd, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76179
- **NAICS:** 332420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were replacing a seal on a press machine. A maintenance employee was using a forklift to raise/lift the seal while the injured employee was standing on a ladder using a piece of angle iron as leverage to replace the seal. As the maintenance employee lifted the forks of the forklift to seat the seal in place, the injured employee's left middle finger was caught between the seal and the angle iron, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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