# Amputations involving bone loss at Dean E. Norris, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032043` · 3/5/2024 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine front attachments
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Dean E. Norris, Inc.
- **Location:** 2929 South Minneapolis Street, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67216
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork slipped and crushed his finger against the mast of the forklift. This resulted in surgical amputation to the first knuckle.

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