# Amputations at SEDALCO Construction Services
> OSHA SIR `2022076302` · 7/19/2022 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** SEDALCO Construction Services
- **Location:** 4100 Fossil Creek Boulevard, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76137
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the freshly greased forks for a telehandler. His left hand slipped and his middle finger was smashed against the fork assembly. The finger was medically amputated to the first knuckle.

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