# Amputations at Edwards Moving and Rigging, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210421` · 12/4/2021 · TANNER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Edwards Moving and Rigging, Inc.
- **Location:** Empire Lane, TANNER, ALABAMA, 35671
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to apply bricks and holding the wheel when his hand was caught between the forklift mast and the wheel, resulting in an amputation to the tip of his middle finger.

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