# Amputations at KTH Leesburg Products
> OSHA SIR `2016109456` · 10/6/2016 · LEESBURG, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** KTH Leesburg Products
- **Location:** 405 Industrial Blvd, LEESBURG, ALABAMA, 35983
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While pushing a basket with steel frames, an employee came in close proximity to a pole with a cage around it.  The employee's finger was caught and amputated between the pole and the basket.

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