# Amputations at 84 Lumber
> OSHA SIR `2023032124` · 3/7/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** 84 Lumber
- **Location:** 11203 Galveston Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77034
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing forks on a forklift. As he was setting a fork in place, his left ring finger became caught between the fork and the mast. The employee went to pull his finger out and his fingertip was amputated; the injury required hospitalization.

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