# Amputations at Thyssenkrupp Supply Chain Services
> OSHA SIR `2023031962` · 3/2/2023 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Thyssenkrupp Supply Chain Services
- **Location:** 7015 Lancer Boulevard, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78220
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting the right side of a forklift to change its propane tank. The employee tripped while exiting and their finger became caught between the propane storage cage door and the frame of the forklift, resulting in an amputation of the little finger down to the last knuckle.

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