# Amputations at Image National Signs
> OSHA SIR `2023064970` · 6/6/2023 · NAMPA, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Image National Signs
- **Location:** 16265 Star Road, NAMPA, IDAHO, 83687
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to unload aluminum rectangular tubing onto storage racks. The tubing became stuck and the employee got off the vehicle to manually unload the tubing from the forklift. The tubing ricocheted off a storage rack, struck the bottom of the forklift, and then the employee's left hand resulting in a middle fingertip amputation.

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