# Amputations at Monteverde's Produce
> OSHA SIR `2023053900` · 5/1/2023 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** Monteverde's Produce
- **Location:** 1000 Ross Park Mall Dr, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15237
- **NAICS:** 424480
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to unload a truck to deliver produce when his left index finger was caught between the dock plate and the truck. The employee was taken to the hospital, where his fingertip was amputated.

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