# Amputations at The Vollrath Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022065316` · 6/18/2022 · SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Sheet metal
## Employer
- **Name:** The Vollrath Company LLC
- **Location:** 1236 N 18th Street, SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, 53081
- **NAICS:** 332214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to put a piece of solid metal tooling into a rack. As the employee was sliding the tooling onto a skid, it started to fall and pinched the employee's left middle finger against a forklift tine. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip, as well as fractures to two fingers.

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