# Amputations at GEOTECHNOLOGY LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023010868` · 1/27/2023 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** GEOTECHNOLOGY LLC
- **Location:** 11816 Lackland Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63146
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a forklift. The vise chain had been placed on the outer core barrel while the inner core barrel was being removed. The outer core barrel was moved and the employee's left hand was caught between the handle of a chain vise and the fork of the forklift, resulting in amputation of the left ring finger above the knuckle.

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