# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Smith Family Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025054337` · 5/8/2025 · PELHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **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:** Smith Family Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 Pardue Road, PELHAM, ALABAMA, 35124
- **NAICS:** 321211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 8, 2025, an employee was dumping a trash hopper while operating a forklift. His left hand was caught in a pinch point on the bottom of the trash hopper, resulting in a partial amputation to the index fingertip.

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