# Amputations at Universal Pressure Pumping, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065137` · 6/10/2023 · LEMONT FURNACE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Pressure Pumping, Inc.
- **Location:** 2198 University Drive, LEMONT FURNACE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15456
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving an 1,100-pound fluid end backing plate using a fork truck. The plate had shifted out of place. When the employee went to reposition the plate on the forks, the plate slipped and caught their left middle finger against the forks, resulting in partial amputation.

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