# Amputations at TRI-STATE IRON & METAL CO.
> OSHA SIR `2023098153` · 9/5/2023 · TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** TRI-STATE IRON & METAL CO.
- **Location:** 5512 E 9th St, TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, 71854
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were taking the forks off a forklift. As they were placing the forks onto another forklift, the injured employee's right ring fingertip was caught by a fork and amputated.

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