# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Southwire DFW
> OSHA SIR `20241211369` · 12/9/2024 · HASLET, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Tables, desks, work surfaces
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwire DFW
- **Location:** 14800 Blue Mound Rd, HASLET, TEXAS, 76052
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee drove a forklift toward a tag printer mounted on a column at the shipping dock. They reached to retrieve a printer tag and their left thumb was pinned between the printer table and the exterior frame of the forklift. The employee sustained a displaced fracture of the distal phalanx of the left thumb, and partial amputation of the thumb.

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