# Amputations at Welch Equipment Company
> OSHA SIR `2023010131` · 1/5/2023 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling powered vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Welch Equipment Company
- **Location:** 3980 Central Park BLVD, DENVER, COLORADO, 80238
- **NAICS:** 811118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a drive unit in a forklift. While lowering the jack to put the drive unit in place, the jack slid out from under the power unit of the forklift, causing the employee's hand to be crushed. Three of the employee's fingers were amputated.

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