# Amputations at Lapham-Hickey Steel
> OSHA SIR `2015129863` · 12/23/2015 · OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Lapham-Hickey Steel
- **Location:** 2585 W. 20th Ave., OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, 54904
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading pallets onto a truck. The pallet hooks shifted and pinched the employee's finger between the pallet and the hook resulting in a partial amputation of the right middle fingertip.

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