# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Taylor Farms New England, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043738` · 4/30/2024 · NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
## Employer
- **Name:** Taylor Farms New England, Inc.
- **Location:** 320 Commerce Park Road, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND, 02852
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was pushing a sanitation cart when a powered industrial truck struck the cart and propelled the employee's right hand into a guard rail, crushing their right index finger. The fingertip was amputated.

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