# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Vaderstad
> OSHA SIR `2025054264` · 5/6/2025 · WAHPETON, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## 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:** Vaderstad
- **Location:** 17885 Highway 13 West, WAHPETON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58074
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping garbage into a compactor and lifted the garbage using a forklift. His left middle finger was pinched in the forks as he used his right hand to release the latch. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the finger.

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