# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at SMP Automotive Systems Alabama Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021468` · 2/16/2024 · COTTONDALE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Packages, parcels
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** SMP Automotive Systems Alabama Inc.
- **Location:** 10799 Ed Stephens Road, COTTONDALE, ALABAMA, 35453
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift operator was lifting a stack of packages. A few of the packages tipped over onto the top of the forklift, where they struck the operator's left hand. He suffered lacerations to multiple fingers and an amputated little fingertip.

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