# Amputations at Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065806` · 6/29/2023 · EDINBURG, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 5501 South McColl, EDINBURG, TEXAS, 78539
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making a delivery to a jobsite. He got out of his truck to assist the client in removing pipes from the trailer using a forklift. When assisting to maneuver the forks into place, the employee's left hand was crushed between the trailer and forklift forks. He sustained a ring finger fracture and amputation of the little finger to the first knuckle.

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