# Amputations at Whitmore
> OSHA SIR `2022076609` · 7/27/2022 · ROCKWALL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Whitmore
- **Location:** 930 Whitmore Drive, ROCKWALL, TEXAS, 75087
- **NAICS:** 324191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was traveling down a ramp in a powered industrial truck. The truck struck standing water, went out of control, and struck a support structure. The employee's hand was crushed between the truck and the structure, and the employee's middle finger was amputated.

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