# Amputations involving bone loss at Johns Manville
> OSHA SIR `2025043267` · 4/8/2025 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and machine attachments  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Johns Manville
- **Location:** 812 North Bryant Avenue, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73117
- **NAICS:** 324122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was about to dump sand from a hopper, raised on the forks of a forklift. As the hopper's weight shifted forward and it began to dump, the employee's left middle finger was pinched between the forklift fork and the metal frame of the hopper. The fingertip was crushed, and the employee underwent a medical amputation at the first knuckle.

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