# Amputations at Famous Supply Company
> OSHA SIR `20221110300` · 11/23/2022 · SEBRING, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Famous Supply Company
- **Location:** 350 Courtney Road, SEBRING, OHIO, 44672
- **NAICS:** 423720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a powered pallet jack with sheet metal loaded on its forks. As he held the metal in place while moving to a new location, the lift came to a stop. The metal shifted and amputated the tip of his middle finger.

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