# Amputations at Elliott Electric Supply, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221110306` · 11/23/2022 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Elliott Electric Supply, Inc.
- **Location:** 10440 Airline Highway, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70816
- **NAICS:** 423610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was assisting with moving ground rods on a forklift when the bundle of rods shifted on the forklift and fell, breaking three fingers on the employee's right hand and amputating the middle fingertip.

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