# Amputations at TVH Parts Co.
> OSHA SIR `2023043144` · 4/10/2023 · OLATHE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** TVH Parts Co.
- **Location:** 16355 South Lone Elm Road, OLATHE, KANSAS, 66062
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an order picker. After lining up with a rack to pull items, the lift lurched backward and the employee's left thumb was crushed between the rack and the vehicle. They sustained a partial amputation to the thumb above the first knuckle.

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