# Amputations at TriGreen Equipment
> OSHA SIR `2022098089` · 9/12/2022 · ATHENS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TriGreen Equipment
- **Location:** 1776 Trigreen Drive, ATHENS, ALABAMA, 35613
- **NAICS:** 423820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a loader on a tractor. The employee was guiding the bucket into place when it caught their left little finger against a forklift tire. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger.

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