# Amputations at Kronospan LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023032238` · 3/11/2023 · EASTABOGA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Kronospan LLC
- **Location:** 1 Kronospan Way, EASTABOGA, ALABAMA, 36260
- **NAICS:** 321219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping a self-tilting trash hopper into a compactor from a forklift. The employee reached up with his right hand to grab the mechanical lever to dump the hopper. The hopper dumped and then bounced back, striking the employee's left index finger, resulting in a partial amputation.

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