# Amputations at Mazza Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2021109311` · 10/28/2021 · TINTON FALLS, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **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:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mazza Recycling
- **Location:** 3230 Shafto Rd, TINTON FALLS, NEW JERSEY, 07753
- **NAICS:** 562219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift. It lurched forward, and his left hand was crushed between it and a column. His index and middle fingers were amputated.

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