# Amputations at Drake Tool & Design Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015040335` · 4/7/2015 · HASTINGS, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Drake Tool & Design Inc.
- **Location:** 3401 Yost Ave, HASTINGS, NEBRASKA, 68901
- **NAICS:** 333514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a large metal plate with a forklift. The metal plate was slung under the forks of the lift. As the employee guided it, the load fell and amputated the tip of the employee's left index finger.

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