# Amputations at CED Baton Rouge
> OSHA SIR `2023098659` · 9/19/2023 · GONZALES, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** CED Baton Rouge
- **Location:** 10103 Industriplex Avenue, GONZALES, LOUISIANA, 70737
- **NAICS:** 423610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the forks on a forklift. His right middle fingertip was caught in the forks, resulting in a crush injury that required surgical amputation of 3 millimeters of the finger.

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