# Amputations at Deere & Company
> OSHA SIR `20221210693` · 12/8/2022 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Deere & Company
- **Location:** 12950 Northwest 17th Street, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33182
- **NAICS:** 423820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a low-level order picker in an aisle of a distribution center. The employee was passing a co-worker in the aisle when his order picker struck a storage rack. The employee's left ring fingertip was caught between the equipment tray on the order picker and the storage rack, resulting in an amputation.

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