# Amputations at DREXEL CHEMICAL COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20211210860` · 12/17/2021 · TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DREXEL CHEMICAL COMPANY
- **Location:** 1099 DREXEL ROAD, TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI, 38676
- **NAICS:** 325320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift and backing into a truck bed. His hand was caught between the forklift cab and the frame of the truck, resulting in amputation of two fingertips.

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