# Amputations at DG Distribution Midwest LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098552` · 9/15/2023 · BLAIR, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** DG Distribution Midwest LLC
- **Location:** 1200 So. 10th St., BLAIR, NEBRASKA, 68008
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading merchandise onto rolling containers that were on a remote-operated order picker. While reorganizing merchandise to prevent top loading, the employee's wireless control device contacted a container and caused the order picker to move forward. The employee's right ring finger was caught between two containers and was amputated above the first knuckle.

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