# Amputations at Dairy Farmers of America
> OSHA SIR `2022021022` · 2/2/2022 · BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Dairy Farmers of America
- **Location:** 117 Cumberland Boulevard, BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY, 08016
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and two co-workers were manually positioning an 833-pound portable dock plate. While lowering the portable dock to its installation position, it fell and pinched the employee's right middle finger, which resulted in amputation of the distal tip of the finger.

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