# Amputations at Bobcat Company
> OSHA SIR `2023109958` · 10/27/2023 · BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Bobcat Company
- **Location:** 530 South 26th Street, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, 58504
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replenishing steel waffle plates and using a forklift to set down an existing stack. The employee was repositioning the stack on the forklift when the load shifted and pinched his left ring finger. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

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