# Amputations at EDARON, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018043304` · 4/6/2018 · HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** EDARON, INC.
- **Location:** 100 APPLETON ST., HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01040
- **NAICS:** 339932
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a powered industrial truck (PIT) in reverse. The employee's hand was outside of the PIT when it came into contact with a skid, crushing the employee's index and middle fingers and resulting in two fingertip amputations.

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