# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at AMVAC CHEMICAL COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2024010573` · 1/19/2024 · AXIS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Hoppers  except confined space
## Employer
- **Name:** AMVAC CHEMICAL COMPANY
- **Location:** 12650 HIGHWAY 43 NORTH, AXIS, ALABAMA, 36505
- **NAICS:** 325320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to dump waste from a small hopper to a bigger hopper. He elevated the hopper, got out of the forklift, and used a lever to lower the hopper to dump the waste. After dumping the hopper, it swung back and pinched the employee's left index finger between it and the forklift fork, amputating the tip.

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