# Amputations at The HC Companies Warehouse
> OSHA SIR `20221110424` · 11/30/2022 · MIDDLEFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** The HC Companies Warehouse
- **Location:** 15150 Madison Road, MIDDLEFIELD, OHIO, 44062
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a gaylord into a tipper and adjusting the bar in the tipper that holds the gaylord in place. The employee's right index finger was caught between the hole in the tipper and the tipper bar, resulting in a right index finger amputation.

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