# Amputations at The Pictsweet Company
> OSHA SIR `20211210623` · 12/10/2021 · CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** The Pictsweet Company
- **Location:** 509 Taylor Road, CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72830
- **NAICS:** 311411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching under a 1,000-pound plastic tote, being lifted by a forklift, to retrieve a loose potato. The employee's left ring fingertip was caught between the bottom of the tote and the forklift's forks. The fingertip was amputated.

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