# Amputations at Service and Manufacturing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023087798` · 8/24/2023 · BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Service and Manufacturing Corporation
- **Location:** 389 CR 3007, BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA, 74003
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with moving steel containers to and from the paint room. As the employee moved a skate under the steel container, the forklift lowered the container onto the employee's thumb. The employee's right thumb was amputated half way to the joint.

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