# Amputations at KTH Parts Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021601` · 2/20/2023 · SAINT PARIS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonclassifiable
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** KTH Parts Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1111 State Route 235, SAINT PARIS, OHIO, 43072
- **NAICS:** 423120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam on the tongue of a buggy and placed their finger into the hole for the hitch pin on a basket. A forklift driver was picking up the tongue when the forks shifted, causing the employee to receive a partial amputation of the right middle finger.

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