# Amputations at Oak Pointe, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20211211173` · 12/30/2021 · NEWCOMERSTOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Oak Pointe, LLC
- **Location:** 96 New Pace Road, NEWCOMERSTOWN, OHIO, 43832
- **NAICS:** 337212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to lift and empty a garbage hopper into a larger trash bin. As he released the hopper to tilt into the bin, his finger was caught between the top part of the hopper and it's frame, resulting in a partial amputation.

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