# Amputations at MID CITY FOUNDRY COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2015108014` · 10/27/2015 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** MID CITY FOUNDRY COMPANY
- **Location:** 1521 W. Bruce Street, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53204
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was operating a forklift and dumping sand.  He got off the forklift to activate the dump hopper lever.  The employee's hand got caught between the fork and the hopper fork pocket amputating the left hand index fingertip.

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