# Amputations involving bone loss at BOTKIN LUMBER CO., INC
> OSHA SIR `20241110563` · 11/12/2024 · CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats  except confined space
## Employer
- **Name:** BOTKIN LUMBER CO., INC
- **Location:** 4946 NASH ROAD, CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, 63701
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping a dumpster of wooden blocks using a forklift. He was standing next to the dumpster and when the dumpster tilted forward. His finger was caught between the fork and the dumpster, resulting in an amputation of the finger.

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