# Amputations at FWS Logistics International LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022065145` · 6/14/2022 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** FWS Logistics International LLC
- **Location:** 5800 Doniphan Dr., EL PASO, TEXAS, 79932
- **NAICS:** 541614
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually helping unload racks that were on a forklift after the strapping system for the racks had failed. As the employee moved one rack, another rack slipped and pinched his right middle finger, resulting in an amputation of approximately 1/2 inch of the fingertip.

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